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YAOGAN-35 01A

NORAD 49390· COSPAR 2021-101A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on Nov 6, 2021 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2D.
Long March 2D | Yaogan 35 A/B/C →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 23:51 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 6, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
494 km
Perigee
488 km
Inclination
35.00°
Period
1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-35 01A across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-2.6 km
Rate
-0.04 km/day
Now
488 × 494 km
493499488Aug 26Oct 24
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 2021-101 (Long March 2D | Yaogan 35 A/B/C).

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