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YAOGAN-36 05A

NORAD 57452· COSPAR 2023-106A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on Jul 26, 2023 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2D.
Long March 2D | Yaogan 36 Group 05
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:00 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
Launched
Jul 26, 2023
Mass
Apogee
507 km
Perigee
507 km
Inclination
35.00°
Period
1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-36 05A across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.2 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
507 × 507 km
507508506Aug 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

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-106 (Long March 2D | Yaogan 36 Group 05).

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