YUNYAO-1 18

NORAD 58758· COSPAR 2024-009A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Jan 11, 2024 from Haiyang offshore launch location, China aboard a Gravity-1.

Gravity-1 | Maiden flight →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:54 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 11, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

502 km

Perigee

495 km

Inclination

50.01°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YUNYAO-1 18 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.8 km

Rate

-0.06 km/day

Now

495 × 502 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 2024-009 (Gravity-1 | Maiden flight).

YUNYAO-1 19 · 58759
YUNYAO-1 20 · 58760

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