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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
JB-13?, Unknown motor
Mass
~3,000 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 4.0 m
Radar Cross Section
9.231 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago
TLE from 6 hours ago
0 YAOGAN 26
1 40362U 14088A 26283.98557273 .00037997 00000-0 63599-3 0 9993
2 40362 97.0720 281.8906 0002906 23.2406 336.8979 15.51779423655634Epoch: 2026-10-10T23:39Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-10T23:39:13.483Z)
Latitude
0.00004°
Longitude
-92.50043°
Altitude
412.858 km
Speed
7.664 km/s
True Right ascension
18h 47m 33s
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
23:51:08
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
410.412 km
Perigee altitude
406.468 km
Semi-major axis
6,786.577 km
Eccentricity
0.00029
Inclination
97.072°
RAAN
281.8906°
Arg. of periapsis
23.2406°
True anomaly
336.88483°
Mean anomaly
336.8979°
Eccentric anomaly
336.89137°
Mean motion
3.8821 °/min
Orbital period
92.73 mins
BSTAR
0.00063599
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Other satellites on launch #88 in the year 2014 (2014-12-27 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 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. |
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| 6 mins | 2026-10-11 12:35:18.685Z | 23.081° NE | 2026-10-11 12:38:18.685Z | 105.232° ESE | 49.995° | 2026-10-11 12:41:18.685Z | 176.736° S |
| 4 mins | 2026-10-12 00:33:18.685Z | 212.135° SW | 2026-10-12 00:35:18.685Z | 274.901° WNW | 29.687° | 2026-10-12 00:37:18.685Z | 321.619° 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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