YAOGAN-9 01A

NORAD 36413· COSPAR 2010-009A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Mar 5, 2010 from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), China aboard a Long March 4C.

Long March 4C | Yaogan-9 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:15 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Mar 5, 2010

Mass

—

Apogee

1,501 km

Perigee

687 km

Inclination

63.36°

Period

1.78 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-9 01A 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

687 × 1501 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

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2010-009 (Long March 4C | Yaogan-9).

YAOGAN-9 01B · 36414
YAOGAN-9 01C · 36415

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