YAOGAN-31 04C

NORAD 47857· COSPAR 2021-020D· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Mar 13, 2021 from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), China aboard a Long March 4C.

Long March 4C | Yaogan-31-04 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 15:01 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Mar 13, 2021

Mass

—

Apogee

1,231 km

Perigee

959 km

Inclination

63.41°

Period

1.78 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-31 04C 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

959 × 1231 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 2021-020 (Long March 4C | Yaogan-31-04).

YAOGAN-31 04A · 47854
YAOGAN-31 04B · 47856

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