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YAOGAN 1, 29092

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 1, 29092 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

29092, 2006-015A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (China) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Civil Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

JB-5, Unknown motor

Mass

2,700 kg wet, ~2,700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2006-04-26 (19 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

9.231 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 1
1 29092U 06015A   25214.09322188  .00000836  00000-0  99254-4 0  9991
2 29092  97.7724 237.1541 0001485  95.7614 264.3771 14.87006563 42470

Epoch: 2025-08-02T02:14Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-02T02:14:14.37Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-107.34011°

Altitude

610.431 km

Speed

7.554 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 48m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-26.37972°

Longitude

69.10049°

Altitude

617.599 km

Speed

7.549 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 42m 52s

Apparent Declination

-50° 13' 03"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:21:49

Azimuth

126.687° SE

Elevation

-41.535°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

605.357 km

Perigee altitude

603.284 km

Semi-major axis

6,982.458 km

Eccentricity

0.00015

Inclination

97.7724°

RAAN

237.1541°

Arg. of periapsis

95.7614°

True anomaly

264.36017°

Mean anomaly

264.3771°

Eccentric anomaly

264.36863°

Mean motion

3.7199 °/min

Orbital period

96.78 mins

BSTAR

0.000099254

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Other satellites on launch #15 in the year 2006 (2006-04-26 UTC)

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YAOGAN 1 DEB, 36363 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 1 DEB, 36364 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 1 DEB, 36365

YAOGAN 1 DEB, 36502 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 1 DEB, 36503 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 1 DEB, 36504 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 1 DEB, 37243 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 1 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
8 mins	2025-08-02 14:06:20.622Z	23.925° NE	2025-08-02 14:10:20.622Z	102.589° ESE	37.544°	2025-08-02 14:14:20.622Z	175.754° S
5 mins	2025-08-03 01:00:20.622Z	115.884° SE	2025-08-03 01:02:20.622Z	65.684° ENE	28.825°	2025-08-03 01:05:20.622Z	11.142° NNE
4 mins	2025-08-03 02:36:20.622Z	235.546° WSW	2025-08-03 02:38:20.622Z	270.955° WNW	18.081°	2025-08-03 02:40:20.622Z	303.585° NW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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