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YAOGAN 22, 40275

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 22, 40275 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 20 Oct 2014 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

40275, 2014-063A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

JB-9, Unknown motor

Mass

1,040 kg wet, 1,040 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-10-20 (11 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, 2.5 m

Radar Cross Section

4.795 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 6 hours ago

TLE from 6 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 22
1 40275U 14063A   26068.86294463 -.00000021  00000-0  68035-4 0  9996
2 40275 100.7539 218.5486 0006642  57.6369 302.5384 13.15527184546752

Epoch: 2026-03-09T20:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-09T20:42:38.416Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

100.33875°

Altitude

1,201.847 km

Speed

7.254 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 34m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

06:41:50

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,204.289 km

Perigee altitude

1,194.224 km

Semi-major axis

7,577.393 km

Eccentricity

0.00066

Inclination

100.7539°

RAAN

218.5486°

Arg. of periapsis

57.6369°

True anomaly

302.47421°

Mean anomaly

302.5384°

Eccentric anomaly

302.50631°

Mean motion

3.29051 °/min

Orbital period

109.41 mins

BSTAR

0.000068035

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YAOGAN 22 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.
7 mins	2026-03-10 07:51:09.786Z	87.414° E	2026-03-10 07:55:09.786Z	52.239° ENE	15.709°	2026-03-10 07:58:09.786Z	24.964° NE
12 mins	2026-03-10 09:36:09.786Z	157.452° SSE	2026-03-10 09:42:09.786Z	19.448° NNE	44.361°	2026-03-10 09:48:09.786Z	345.895° N
7 mins	2026-03-10 11:27:09.786Z	240.778° WSW	2026-03-10 11:30:09.786Z	268.934° W	16.204°	2026-03-10 11:34:09.786Z	304.58° NW
5 mins	2026-03-10 21:07:09.786Z	68.46° E	2026-03-10 21:09:09.786Z	86.04° E	13.575°	2026-03-10 21:12:09.786Z	112.662° SE
13 mins	2026-03-10 22:52:09.786Z	17.216° NNE	2026-03-10 22:58:09.786Z	107.913° ESE	44.948°	2026-03-10 23:05:09.786Z	196.483° SSW
7 mins	2026-03-11 00:42:09.786Z	332.564° NNW	2026-03-11 00:45:09.786Z	302.877° NW	17.981°	2026-03-11 00:49:09.786Z	266.784° W

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YAOGAN 22, 40275

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-09T20:42:38.416Z)

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Other satellites on launch #63 in the year 2014 (2014-10-20 UTC)

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