YAOGAN-40 02C

NORAD 63920· COSPAR 2025-096C· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on May 11, 2025 from Launch Complex 9A, China aboard a Long March 6A.

Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 02 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:12 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 11, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

857 km

Perigee

854 km

Inclination

86.00°

Period

1.70 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-40 02C across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

854 × 857 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 2025-096 (Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 02).

YAOGAN-40 02A · 63918
YAOGAN-40 02B · 63919

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