YAOGAN-8
Launch
Launched on Dec 15, 2009 from Launch Complex 9, China aboard a Long March 4C.
Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:17 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 15, 2009
Mass
—
Apogee
1,263 km
Perigee
1,230 km
Inclination
100.20°
Period
1.84 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-8 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.0 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
1230 × 1263 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.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2009-072 (Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8).
- XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1) · 36122
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