Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 17A at a glance.
Uptime
4390
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 17A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 17A
International designator: 2013-046A
Object number (NORAD): 39239
Object ID (CCSDS): 39239
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.027 minutes
Inclination: 63.3881 deg
SMA: 7467.163 km
Apoapsis: 1388.676 km
Periapsis: 789.38 km
RAAN: 98.0528 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04012875
Argument of periapsis: 10.5813 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.3349 deg
Mean motion: 13.45455469 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000073122096 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 17A
TLE line 1: 1 39239U 13046A 25250.95130819 -.00000020 00000-0 73122-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 39239 63.3881 98.0528 0401288 10.5813 350.3349 13.45455469590311
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 17A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 17A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan 17A, B & C’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 1, 2013, 7:16 p.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4C | Yaogan 17A, B & C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 1, 2013, 7:16 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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