YAOGAN-43 03A
Launch
Launched on Oct 23, 2024 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2C.
Long March 2C | Yaogan 43 Group 03 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:19 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Oct 23, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
510 km
Perigee
503 km
Inclination
34.99°
Period
1.58 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-43 03A across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.4 km
Rate
-0.03 km/day
Now
503 × 510 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 2024-190 (Long March 2C | Yaogan 43 Group 03).
- YAOGAN-43 03B · 61618
- YAOGAN-43 03C · 61619
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