Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-40 02C 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 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: 101.957 minutes
Inclination: 85.9962 deg
SMA: 7229.442 km
Apoapsis: 852.71 km
Periapsis: 849.904 km
RAAN: 315.851 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00019409
Argument of periapsis: 97.2337 deg
Mean anomaly: 262.9067 deg
Mean motion: 14.12360581 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000257 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012929119 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 02C
TLE line 1: 1 63920U 25096C 25246.28933646 .00000257 00000-0 12929-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 63920 85.9962 315.8510 0001941 97.2337 262.9067 14.12360581 34910
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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