YAOGAN-31 01A

NORAD 43275· COSPAR 2018-034A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Apr 10, 2018 from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), China aboard a Long March 4C.

Long March 4C | 3 x Yaogan-31-01 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:28 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Apr 10, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

1,306 km

Perigee

884 km

Inclination

63.39°

Period

1.78 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-31 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

884 × 1306 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

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-034 (Long March 4C | 3 x Yaogan-31-01).

YAOGAN-31 01B · 43276
YAOGAN-31 01C · 43277
WEINA 1B · 43279

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