YAOGAN 20C

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite YAOGAN 20C at a glance.

Uptime

3985

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 20C.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: YAOGAN 20C

International designator: 2014-047C

Object number (NORAD): 40111

Object ID (CCSDS): 40111

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 107.031 minutes

Inclination: 63.3789 deg

SMA: 7467.36 km

Apoapsis: 1358.008 km

Periapsis: 820.442 km

RAAN: 190.5192 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0359944

Argument of periapsis: 13.241 deg

Mean anomaly: 347.7763 deg

Mean motion: 13.45402112 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000025 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000074623 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:09 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 20C

TLE line 1: 1 40111U 14047C 25187.58967319 -.00000025 00000-0 74623-4 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 40111 63.3789 190.5192 0359944 13.2410 347.7763 13.45402112535796

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Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 20C.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

YAOGAN 20C 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 4 (SLS-2 / 603).

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Launch to space Long March 4C | Yaogan 20A, Yaogan 20B, Yaogan 20C
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 4 (SLS-2 / 603)

Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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