Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-31 B at a glance.
Uptime
2804
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-31 B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-31 B
International designator: 2018-034B
Object number (NORAD): 43276
Object ID (CCSDS): 43276
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.029 minutes
Inclination: 63.3946 deg
SMA: 7467.239 km
Apoapsis: 1282.243 km
Periapsis: 895.965 km
RAAN: 212.1356 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02586487
Argument of periapsis: 6.8253 deg
Mean anomaly: 353.6187 deg
Mean motion: 13.45434811 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000143 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00032155773 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:52 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-31 B
TLE line 1: 1 43276U 18034B 25346.28634839 .00000143 00000-0 32156-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 43276 63.3946 212.1356 0258649 6.8253 353.6187 13.45434811377074
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-31 B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN-31 B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | 3 x Yaogan-31-01’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on April 10, 2018, 4:25 a.m. from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4C | 3 x Yaogan-31-01
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 10, 2018, 4:25 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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