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YAOGAN-43 01D

NORAD 60461· COSPAR 2024-148D· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on Aug 16, 2024 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 4B.
Long March 4B | Yaogan 43 Group 01
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 15:09 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
Launched
Aug 16, 2024
Mass
Apogee
486 km
Perigee
482 km
Inclination
35.00°
Period
1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-43 01D across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.5 km
Rate
-0.03 km/day
Now
482 × 486 km
484486482Aug 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

8 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-148 (Long March 4B | Yaogan 43 Group 01).

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