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YAOGAN 26, 40362

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 26, 40362 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 27 Dec 2014 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B 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

40362, 2014-088A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

JB-13?, Unknown motor

Mass

~3,000 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-12-27 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

9.231 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 6 hours ago

TLE from 6 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 26
1 40362U 14088A   25342.57357864  .00024419  00000-0  63117-3 0  9998
2 40362  97.0646 343.3960 0006685  41.9276 318.2481 15.39076869608309

Epoch: 2025-12-08T13:45Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-08T13:45:57.194Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

59.33703°

Altitude

448.559 km

Speed

7.645 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 53m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

17:35:43

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

450.326 km

Perigee altitude

441.202 km

Semi-major axis

6,823.901 km

Eccentricity

0.00067

Inclination

97.0646°

RAAN

343.396°

Arg. of periapsis

41.9276°

True anomaly

318.19706°

Mean anomaly

318.2481°

Eccentric anomaly

318.22258°

Mean motion

3.8503 °/min

Orbital period

93.5 mins

BSTAR

0.00063117

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Other satellites on launch #88 in the year 2014 (2014-12-27 UTC)

YAOGAN 26 DEB, 40596 (Decayed)

CZ-4B R/B, 40363 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 26 DEB, 40595 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 26 DEB, 40594 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 26 DEB, 40593 (Decayed)

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YAOGAN 26 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.
4 mins	2025-12-09 00:49:58.866Z	218.444° SW	2025-12-09 00:51:58.866Z	280.782° WNW	25.401°	2025-12-09 00:53:58.866Z	321.783° NNW

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YAOGAN 26, 40362

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-08T13:45:57.194Z)

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Other satellites on launch #88 in the year 2014 (2014-12-27 UTC)

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