Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-40 02B 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 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: 101.957 minutes
Inclination: 85.9955 deg
SMA: 7229.451 km
Apoapsis: 852.763 km
Periapsis: 849.869 km
RAAN: 316.6011 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00020019
Argument of periapsis: 83.6943 deg
Mean anomaly: 276.4468 deg
Mean motion: 14.12358011 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000334 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017131117 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 02B
TLE line 1: 1 63919U 25096B 25246.28939697 .00000334 00000-0 17131-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 63919 85.9955 316.6011 0002002 83.6943 276.4468 14.12358011 16073
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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