Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-40 01A at a glance.
Uptime
604
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.0
Latest
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: 101.959 minutes
Inclination: 85.9889 deg
SMA: 7229.549 km
Apoapsis: 853.038 km
Periapsis: 849.789 km
RAAN: 83.1343 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002247
Argument of periapsis: 82.2438 deg
Mean anomaly: 277.9 deg
Mean motion: 14.12329302 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000243 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012204 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 10:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-40 01A
TLE line 1: 1 57830U 23139A 25124.94090459 .00000243 00000-0 12204-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 57830 85.9889 83.1343 0002247 82.2438 277.9000 14.12329302 85078
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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