Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 29 at a glance.
Uptime
3573
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 29.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 29
International designator: 2015-069A
Object number (NORAD): 41038
Object ID (CCSDS): 41038
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.118 minutes
Inclination: 98.0324 deg
SMA: 6998.87 km
Apoapsis: 621.552 km
Periapsis: 619.917 km
RAAN: 272.784 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00011685
Argument of periapsis: 160.7529 deg
Mean anomaly: 199.3729 deg
Mean motion: 14.8272599 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000809 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010698239 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 11:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 29
TLE line 1: 1 41038U 15069A 25249.98444633 .00000809 00000-0 10698-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 41038 98.0324 272.7840 0001168 160.7529 199.3729 14.82725990528653
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Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 29.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 29 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan-29’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 26, 2015, 9:24 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Yaogan-29
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 26, 2015, 9:24 p.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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