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YAOGAN-36 04C

NORAD 54750· COSPAR 2022-171E· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 14, 2022 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2D.
Long March 2D | Yaogan 36 Group 04 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 19:26 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 14, 2022
Mass
—
Apogee
473 km
Perigee
466 km
Inclination
34.98°
Period
1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-36 04C across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-4.4 km
Rate
-0.08 km/day
Now
466 × 473 km
472477466Aug 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

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-171 (Long March 2D | Yaogan 36 Group 04).

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