YAOGAN-23

NORAD 40305 · COSPAR 2014-071A · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

YAOGAN-23 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).

Orbit: #56037 @ 144 x 150 km x 97.6603 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-12-12 14:34 UTC Â· 16230.7 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

YAOGAN-23
1 40305U 14071A 24347.60733468 .14564652 28361-5 28964-3 0 9992
2 40305 97.6603 349.9044 0005156 249.1520 259.6825 16.47071669560373

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

November 14th 2014

Spacecraft age

11 years, 11 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Chinese Ministry of National Defense

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Taiyuan Launch Center

Launch vehicle

Long March 2C

Contractor

Shanghai Academy of Satellite Technology (SAST)

Launch mass

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.6603Â°

Period

87.43 min

Perigee

144 km

Apogee

150 km

Eccentricity

0.0005156

RAAN

349.9044Â°

Arg of Perigee

249.152Â°

Mean Motion

16.47071669 rev/d