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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000?, Unknown motor
Mass
800 kg wet, 800 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
5.141 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago
TLE from 5 hours ago
0 YAOGAN 24
1 40310U 14072A 26069.52417639 .00001118 00000-0 16899-3 0 9999
2 40310 98.1310 206.1235 0012391 215.6511 144.3872 14.76232101609166Epoch: 2026-03-10T12:34Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-10T12:34:48.840Z)
Latitude
0.00003°
Longitude
-150.78154°
Altitude
651.328 km
Speed
7.528 km/s
True Right ascension
13h 44m 29s
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
21:24:14
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
646.993 km
Perigee altitude
629.605 km
Semi-major axis
7,016.436 km
Eccentricity
0.00124
Inclination
98.131°
RAAN
206.1235°
Arg. of periapsis
215.6511°
True anomaly
144.46978°
Mean anomaly
144.3872°
Eccentric anomaly
144.4285°
Mean motion
3.69291 °/min
Orbital period
97.48 mins
BSTAR
0.00016899
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Other satellites on launch #72 in the year 2014 (2014-11-20 UTC)
No other RSOs were in this launch
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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 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. |
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| 7 mins | 2026-03-10 21:17:08.863Z | 32.928° NE | 2026-03-10 21:21:08.863Z | 99.538° ESE | 28.595° | 2026-03-10 21:24:08.863Z | 155.624° SSE |
| 5 mins | 2026-03-10 22:55:08.863Z | 331.065° NNW | 2026-03-10 22:57:08.863Z | 297.574° NW | 20.248° | 2026-03-10 23:00:08.863Z | 248.653° W |
| 6 mins | 2026-03-11 08:15:08.863Z | 116.852° SE | 2026-03-11 08:18:08.863Z | 59.122° ENE | 24.853° | 2026-03-11 08:21:08.863Z | 13.369° NNE |
| 5 mins | 2026-03-11 09:52:08.863Z | 224.905° SW | 2026-03-11 09:54:08.863Z | 263.321° W | 23.552° | 2026-03-11 09:57:08.863Z | 314.483° NW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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