Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-40 01A at a glance.
Uptime
664
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN-40 01A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-40 01A
International designator: 2023-139A
Object number (NORAD): 57830
Object ID (CCSDS): 57830
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.958 minutes
Inclination: 85.9898 deg
SMA: 7229.496 km
Apoapsis: 852.799 km
Periapsis: 849.923 km
RAAN: 55.9242 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001989
Argument of periapsis: 90.7582 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.3829 deg
Mean motion: 14.12344846 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000104 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000046343 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 2:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-40 01A
TLE line 1: 1 57830U 23139A 25185.58700127 .00000104 00000-0 46343-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 57830 85.9898 55.9242 0001989 90.7582 269.3829 14.12344846 93634
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-40 01A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing" purposes.
YAOGAN-40 01A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Yaogan 40’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 10, 2023, 4:30 a.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Yaogan 40
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 10, 2023, 4:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 6A
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9A
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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