Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 27 at a glance.
Uptime
3665
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 27.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 27
International designator: 2015-040A
Object number (NORAD): 40878
Object ID (CCSDS): 40878
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.418 minutes
Inclination: 100.0935 deg
SMA: 7577.967 km
Apoapsis: 1206.359 km
Periapsis: 1193.304 km
RAAN: 244.9534 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00086141
Argument of periapsis: 141.7666 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.406 deg
Mean motion: 13.16054083 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000032 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000025644968 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, 11:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 27
TLE line 1: 1 40878U 15040A 25250.98986792 -.00000032 00000-0 25645-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 40878 100.0935 244.9534 0008614 141.7666 218.4060 13.16054083480541
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 27.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 27 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan-27’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 27, 2015, 2:31 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Yaogan-27
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 27, 2015, 2:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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