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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SAST
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
JB-9, Unknown motor
Mass
1,040 kg wet, 1,040 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.5 m
Radar Cross Section
4.795 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago
TLE from 12 hours ago
0 YAOGAN 22
1 40275U 14063A 25348.30509272 -.00000029 00000-0 47634-4 0 9992
2 40275 100.7422 131.7467 0005963 244.3462 115.7034 13.15522700535508Epoch: 2025-12-14T07:19Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-14T07:19:20.011Z)
Latitude
-0°
Longitude
-61.30659°
Altitude
1,206.534 km
Speed
7.25 km/s
True Right ascension
08h 46m 59s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
18:16:52
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,203.791 km
Perigee altitude
1,194.755 km
Semi-major axis
7,577.41 km
Eccentricity
0.0006
Inclination
100.7422°
RAAN
131.7467°
Arg. of periapsis
244.3462°
True anomaly
115.76495°
Mean anomaly
115.7034°
Eccentric anomaly
115.73418°
Mean motion
3.2905 °/min
Orbital period
109.41 mins
BSTAR
0.000047634
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Other satellites on launch #63 in the year 2014 (2014-10-20 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.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. |
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| 12 mins | 2025-12-14 22:32:25.973Z | 21.44° NNE | 2025-12-14 22:38:25.973Z | 134.657° SE | 43.677° | 2025-12-14 22:44:25.973Z | 189.841° SSW |
| 8 mins | 2025-12-15 00:21:25.973Z | 339.162° N | 2025-12-15 00:25:25.973Z | 298.037° NW | 20.555° | 2025-12-15 00:29:25.973Z | 260.782° W |
| 12 mins | 2025-12-15 09:00:25.973Z | 138.036° SSE | 2025-12-15 09:05:25.973Z | 71.614° E | 39.54° | 2025-12-15 09:12:25.973Z | 352.635° N |
| 10 mins | 2025-12-15 10:49:25.973Z | 219.414° SW | 2025-12-15 10:53:25.973Z | 262.845° W | 24.722° | 2025-12-15 10:59:25.973Z | 320.361° NNW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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