YAOGAN-3
Launch
Launched on Nov 11, 2007 from Launch Complex 7, China aboard a Long March 4C.
Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 3 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 07:35 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 11, 2007
Mass
—
Apogee
600 km
Perigee
597 km
Inclination
97.81°
Period
1.61 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-3 across 149 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.5 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
597 × 600 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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