Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-40 02A at a glance.
Uptime
116
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 02A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-40 02A
International designator: 2025-096A
Object number (NORAD): 63918
Object ID (CCSDS): 63918
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.957 minutes
Inclination: 85.9962 deg
SMA: 7229.442 km
Apoapsis: 852.641 km
Periapsis: 849.973 km
RAAN: 316.6094 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00018452
Argument of periapsis: 94.4359 deg
Mean anomaly: 265.7034 deg
Mean motion: 14.123606 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000233 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011642239 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 6:56 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-40 02A
TLE line 1: 1 63918U 25096A 25246.28923532 .00000233 00000-0 11642-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 63918 85.9962 316.6094 0001845 94.4359 265.7034 14.12360600 16073
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-40 02A.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for YAOGAN-40 02A, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing".
YAOGAN-40 02A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 02’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on May 11, 2025, 1:27 p.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 02
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 11, 2025, 1:27 p.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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Latest news about this satellite
China adds to classified TJS, Yaogan satellite series with two launches
China has added new spacecraft to two separate classified satellite series with a pair of launches across Sunday and Monday. The post China adds to classified TJS, Yaogan satellite series with two launches appeared first on SpaceNews.
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