Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 17C 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 17C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 17C
International designator: 2013-046C
Object number (NORAD): 39241
Object ID (CCSDS): 39241
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.029 minutes
Inclination: 63.3888 deg
SMA: 7467.247 km
Apoapsis: 1389.403 km
Periapsis: 788.821 km
RAAN: 97.4025 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04021444
Argument of periapsis: 10.2243 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.6661 deg
Mean motion: 13.45432778 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000088749557 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, 11:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 17C
TLE line 1: 1 39241U 13046C 25250.96377678 -.00000005 00000-0 88750-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 39241 63.3888 97.4025 0402144 10.2243 350.6661 13.45432778590400
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 17C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 17C 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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