YAOGAN-39 05C

NORAD 58559· COSPAR 2023-194C· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 10, 2023 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2D.

Long March 2D | Yaogan 39 Group 05 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:20 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 10, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

537 km

Perigee

516 km

Inclination

34.99°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-39 05C across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.3 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

516 × 537 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 2023-194 (Long March 2D | Yaogan 39 Group 05).

YAOGAN-39 05A · 58557
YAOGAN-39 05B · 58558

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