YAOGAN-11

NORAD 37165· COSPAR 2010-047A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 22, 2010 from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), China aboard a Long March 2D.

Long March 2D | Yaogan-11, Zheda Pixing 1B & Zheda Pixing 1C →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:27 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 22, 2010

Mass

—

Apogee

651 km

Perigee

603 km

Inclination

98.37°

Period

1.62 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-11 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.1 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

603 × 651 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 2010-047 (Long March 2D | Yaogan-11, Zheda Pixing 1B & Zheda Pixing 1C).

ZHEDA PIXING 1B · 37166
ZHEDA PIXING 1C · 37167

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