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YAOGAN 25B, 40339

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 25B, 40339 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 10 Dec 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

40339, 2014-080B

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

Unknown

Mass

~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-12-10 (11 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: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 25B
1 40339U 14080B   26062.50397557  .00000057  00000-0  16913-3 0  9994
2 40339  63.3866 223.1835 0357633   8.4521 352.2314 13.45425265551417

Epoch: 2026-03-03T12:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-03T12:05:43.489Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-119.52982°

Altitude

826.461 km

Speed

7.571 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 52m 44s

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

22:57:18

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,354.979 km

Perigee altitude

820.954 km

Semi-major axis

7,466.103 km

Eccentricity

0.03576

Inclination

63.3866°

RAAN

223.1835°

Arg. of periapsis

8.4521°

True anomaly

351.65183°

Mean anomaly

352.2314°

Eccentric anomaly

351.94425°

Mean motion

3.36436 °/min

Orbital period

107 mins

BSTAR

0.00016913

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YAOGAN 25B 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.
12 mins	2026-03-03 19:43:29.618Z	346.046° N	2026-03-03 19:48:29.618Z	36.252° NE	26.288°	2026-03-03 19:55:29.618Z	99.852° ESE
13 mins	2026-03-03 21:34:29.618Z	320.651° NNW	2026-03-03 21:40:29.618Z	212.772° SW	43.632°	2026-03-03 21:47:29.618Z	157.093° SSE
6 mins	2026-03-03 23:27:29.618Z	273.264° WNW	2026-03-03 23:29:29.618Z	257.016° W	13.858°	2026-03-03 23:33:29.618Z	226.604° WSW
7 mins	2026-03-04 11:25:29.618Z	154.244° SSE	2026-03-04 11:28:29.618Z	106.924° ESE	25.502°	2026-03-04 11:32:29.618Z	58.29° ENE
9 mins	2026-03-04 13:14:29.618Z	247.357° WSW	2026-03-04 13:18:29.618Z	315.308° NNW	34.752°	2026-03-04 13:23:29.618Z	21.278° NNE
8 mins	2026-03-04 18:55:29.618Z	3.472° NNE	2026-03-04 18:58:29.618Z	34.054° NE	19.295°	2026-03-04 19:03:29.618Z	77.337° E

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YAOGAN 25B, 40339

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-03T12:05:43.489Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #80 in the year 2014 (2014-12-10 UTC)

YAOGAN 25B Visibility forecast

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