Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 20A at a glance.
Uptime
4145
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 20A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 20A
International designator: 2014-047A
Object number (NORAD): 40109
Object ID (CCSDS): 40109
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.03 minutes
Inclination: 63.3793 deg
SMA: 7467.304 km
Apoapsis: 1368.365 km
Periapsis: 809.973 km
RAAN: 137.3263 deg
Eccentricy: 0.03738915
Argument of periapsis: 13.7031 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.3815 deg
Mean motion: 13.45417377 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000075 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000017416957 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 20A
TLE line 1: 1 40109U 14047A 25347.69567369 -.00000075 00000-0 17417-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 40109 63.3793 137.3263 0373892 13.7031 347.3815 13.45417377557481
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 20A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 20A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan 20A, Yaogan 20B, Yaogan 20C’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 9, 2014, 5:45 a.m. from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4C | Yaogan 20A, Yaogan 20B, Yaogan 20C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 9, 2014, 5:45 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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