YAOGAN-40 03A

NORAD 65544· COSPAR 2025-199A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

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

Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 03 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-06 06:12 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 6, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

819 km

Perigee

796 km

Inclination

85.99°

Period

1.68 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-40 03A across 41 days of archived orbital elements (42 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.1 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

796 × 819 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 2025-199 (Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 03).

YAOGAN-40 03A · 65545
YAOGAN-40 03B · 65546

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