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YAOGAN 24, 40310

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 24, 40310 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 20 Nov 2014 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D 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

40310, 2014-072A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000?, Unknown motor

Mass

800 kg wet, 800 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-11-20 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

5.141 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 15 hours ago

TLE from 15 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 24
1 40310U 14072A   25338.74586654  .00001867  00000-0  27742-3 0  9995
2 40310  98.1218 109.7969 0014338 162.7671 197.4028 14.76150779595039

Epoch: 2025-12-04T17:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-04T17:54:02.869Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

127.48705°

Altitude

654.118 km

Speed

7.525 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 19m 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

07:07:44

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

648.617 km

Perigee altitude

628.496 km

Semi-major axis

7,016.694 km

Eccentricity

0.00143

Inclination

98.1218°

RAAN

109.7969°

Arg. of periapsis

162.7671°

True anomaly

197.35374°

Mean anomaly

197.4028°

Eccentric anomaly

197.37826°

Mean motion

3.6927 °/min

Orbital period

97.49 mins

BSTAR

0.00027742

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Other satellites on launch #72 in the year 2014 (2014-11-20 UTC)

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YAOGAN 24 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.
6 mins	2025-12-05 22:08:30.602Z	355.15° N	2025-12-05 22:10:30.602Z	312.542° NW	38.125°	2025-12-05 22:14:30.602Z	211.908° SW
6 mins	2025-12-06 09:04:30.602Z	177.434° S	2025-12-06 09:07:30.602Z	258.028° W	43.156°	2025-12-06 09:10:30.602Z	338.86° N

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YAOGAN 24, 40310

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 15 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-04T17:54:02.869Z)

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