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YAOGAN-32 B

NORAD 43643· COSPAR 2018-077B· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· SSO
Launch
Launched on Oct 9, 2018 from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), China aboard a Long March 2C/YZ-1S.
Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Yaogan-32-01
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:51 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
Launched
Oct 9, 2018
Mass
Apogee
691 km
Perigee
683 km
Inclination
98.15°
Period
1.64 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-32 B 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
683 × 691 km
687691683Aug 26Sep 9
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 2018-077 (Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Yaogan-32-01).

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