Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-40 02B at a glance.
Uptime
216
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 02B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-40 02B
International designator: 2025-096B
Object number (NORAD): 63919
Object ID (CCSDS): 63919
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.954 minutes
Inclination: 85.9926 deg
SMA: 7229.308 km
Apoapsis: 852.921 km
Periapsis: 849.424 km
RAAN: 272.821 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00024189
Argument of periapsis: 74.2047 deg
Mean anomaly: 285.9403 deg
Mean motion: 14.12399952 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000036 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018501171 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 10, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 9, 2025, 8:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-40 02B
TLE line 1: 1 63919U 25096B 25343.84469803 .00000360 00000-0 18501-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 63919 85.9926 272.8210 0002419 74.2047 285.9403 14.12399952 29840
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-40 02B.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for YAOGAN-40 02B, 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 02B 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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