Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 17B at a glance.
Uptime
4487
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 17B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 17B
International designator: 2013-046B
Object number (NORAD): 39240
Object ID (CCSDS): 39240
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.028 minutes
Inclination: 63.3875 deg
SMA: 7467.193 km
Apoapsis: 1395.05 km
Periapsis: 783.066 km
RAAN: 212.6759 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04097818
Argument of periapsis: 10.5476 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.3826 deg
Mean motion: 13.454472 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000096 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018975138 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, 8:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 17B
TLE line 1: 1 39240U 13046B 25346.34960955 .00000096 00000-0 18975-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 39240 63.3875 212.6759 0409782 10.5476 350.3826 13.45447200603193
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 17B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 17B 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 94 (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 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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