Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 17C at a glance.
Uptime
4269
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: 107.03 minutes
Inclination: 63.3923 deg
SMA: 7467.298 km
Apoapsis: 1381.531 km
Periapsis: 796.795 km
RAAN: 49.4773 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0391531
Argument of periapsis: 9.6876 deg
Mean anomaly: 351.1424 deg
Mean motion: 13.4541895 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010044 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 9:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 17C
TLE line 1: 1 39241U 13046C 25129.88687030 .00000004 00000-0 10044-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 39241 63.3923 49.4773 0391531 9.6876 351.1424 13.45418950574117
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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