Latitude
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YAOGAN-13
NORAD 37941 · COSPAR 2011-072A · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
YAOGAN-13 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).
Orbit: #73563 @ 141 x 149 km x 97.676 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-02-22 13:50 UTC · 14547 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
YAOGAN-13
1 37941U 11072A 25053.57697255 .16671783 28405-5 28551-3 0 9993
2 37941 97.6760 67.0606 0005618 253.2552 205.8061 16.47853151735637
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 37941U 11072A 25053.57697255 .16671783 28405-5 28551-3 0 9993
2 37941 97.6760 67.0606 0005618 253.2552 205.8061 16.47853151735637
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
November 29th 2011
Spacecraft age
14 years, 10 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
â
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.676°
Period
87.39 min
Perigee
141 km
Apogee
149 km
Eccentricity
0.0005618
RAAN
67.0606°
Arg of Perigee
253.2552°
Mean Motion
16.47853151 rev/d