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
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 20C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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