Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-40 02C 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 02C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-40 02C
International designator: 2025-096C
Object number (NORAD): 63920
Object ID (CCSDS): 63920
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.954 minutes
Inclination: 85.9936 deg
SMA: 7229.315 km
Apoapsis: 852.502 km
Periapsis: 849.858 km
RAAN: 270.9673 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00018289
Argument of periapsis: 74.7822 deg
Mean anomaly: 285.3563 deg
Mean motion: 14.12397886 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000034 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017447396 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:46 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-40 02C
TLE line 1: 1 63920U 25096C 25346.32421225 .00000340 00000-0 17447-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 63920 85.9936 270.9673 0001829 74.7822 285.3563 14.12397886 49033
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-40 02C.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for YAOGAN-40 02C, 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 02C 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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