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YAOGAN-36 01C

NORAD 53947· COSPAR 2022-120E· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 26, 2022 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2D.
Long March 2D | Yaogan 36
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 15:19 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
Launched
Sep 26, 2022
Mass
Apogee
457 km
Perigee
453 km
Inclination
35.00°
Period
1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-36 01C across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.4 km
Rate
-0.10 km/day
Now
453 × 457 km
455457453Aug 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 2022-120 (Long March 2D | Yaogan 36).

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