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YAOGAN 20A, 40109

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 20A, 40109 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 09 Aug 2014 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

40109, 2014-047A

Orbit

LEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (PLA) (CN)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Defense Sigint

Bus & Motor

JB-8, Unknown motor

Mass

~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-08-09 (12 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.446 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago

TLE from 22 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 20A
1 40109U 14047A   26172.52303316 -.00000169  00000-0 -82694-4 0  9992
2 40109  63.3801   7.9684 0390436  14.7194 346.4824 13.45442455583028

Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:33Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:33:10.065Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-90.04561°

Altitude

808.002 km

Speed

7.59 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 31m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:35:28

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,379.404 km

Perigee altitude

796.402 km

Semi-major axis

7,466.04 km

Eccentricity

0.03904

Inclination

63.3801°

RAAN

7.9684°

Arg. of periapsis

14.7194°

True anomaly

345.38469°

Mean anomaly

346.4824°

Eccentric anomaly

345.9389°

Mean motion

3.3644 °/min

Orbital period

107 mins

BSTAR

-0.000082694

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YAOGAN 20A 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	2026-06-22 13:38:26.399Z	159.641° S	2026-06-22 13:42:26.399Z	109.69° ESE	21.131°	2026-06-22 13:46:26.399Z	62.037° ENE
9 mins	2026-06-22 15:28:26.399Z	239.997° WSW	2026-06-22 15:32:26.399Z	313.595° NW	37.522°	2026-06-22 15:37:26.399Z	23.722° NE
7 mins	2026-06-22 21:09:26.399Z	5.32° NNE	2026-06-22 21:12:26.399Z	35.303° NE	17.141°	2026-06-22 21:16:26.399Z	69.643° E
13 mins	2026-06-22 22:58:26.399Z	334.841° NNW	2026-06-22 23:04:26.399Z	68.339° E	41.518°	2026-06-22 23:11:26.399Z	132.625° SE
11 mins	2026-06-23 00:49:26.399Z	298.216° NW	2026-06-23 00:54:26.399Z	246.972° WSW	26.699°	2026-06-23 01:00:26.399Z	194.4° SSW

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YAOGAN 20A, 40109

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:33:10.065Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #47 in the year 2014 (2014-08-09 UTC)

YAOGAN 20A Visibility forecast

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago