Latitude
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YAOGAN-6
NORAD 34839 · COSPAR 2009-021A · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
YAOGAN-6 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).
Orbit: #90069 @ 119 x 134 km x 97.1678 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-06-17 05:21 UTC · 11795.5 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
YAOGAN-6
1 34839U 09021A 25168.22293757 .17838157 25147-5 10000-3 0 9996
2 34839 97.1678 151.1992 0011592 251.8613 231.0861 16.54800084900690
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 34839U 09021A 25168.22293757 .17838157 25147-5 10000-3 0 9996
2 34839 97.1678 151.1992 0011592 251.8613 231.0861 16.54800084900690
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
April 22nd 2009
Spacecraft age
17 years, 5 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Chinese Ministry of National Defense
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Taiyuan Launch Center
Launch vehicle
Long March 2C
Contractor
Shanghai Academy of Satellite Technology (SAST)
Launch mass
1,800 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.1678°
Period
87.02 min
Perigee
119 km
Apogee
134 km
Eccentricity
0.0011592
RAAN
151.1992°
Arg of Perigee
251.8613°
Mean Motion
16.54800084 rev/d