Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 16C at a glance.
Uptime
4766
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
63.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 16C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 16C
International designator: 2012-066C
Object number (NORAD): 39013
Object ID (CCSDS): 39013
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.025 minutes
Inclination: 63.3577 deg
SMA: 7467.09 km
Apoapsis: 1402.837 km
Periapsis: 775.073 km
RAAN: 52.0077 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04203541
Argument of periapsis: 24.948 deg
Mean anomaly: 337.1234 deg
Mean motion: 13.45475114 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000014 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000048351061 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 8:07 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 16C
TLE line 1: 1 39013U 12066C 25346.33871615 -.00000140 00000-0 -48351-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 39013 63.3577 52.0077 0420354 24.9480 337.1234 13.45475114640991
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 16C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 16C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 25, 2012, 4:06 a.m. from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4C | Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 25, 2012, 4:06 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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