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YAOGAN 28, 41026

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 28, 41026 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 08 Nov 2015 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

41026, 2015-064A

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-11, Unknown motor

Mass

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

Launch date (UTC)

2015-11-08 (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 28
1 41026U 15064A   26295.61714935  .00009002  00000-0  32223-3 0  9995
2 41026  97.3249  71.5658 0011682  98.4771 261.7794 15.28934436610148

Epoch: 2026-10-22T14:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-22T14:48:41.703Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

178.34256°

Altitude

483.256 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 46m 15s

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

15:29:52

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

483.954 km

Perigee altitude

467.94 km

Semi-major axis

6,854.084 km

Eccentricity

0.00117

Inclination

97.3249°

RAAN

71.5658°

Arg. of periapsis

98.4771°

True anomaly

261.64694°

Mean anomaly

261.7794°

Eccentric anomaly

261.71317°

Mean motion

3.82489 °/min

Orbital period

94.12 mins

BSTAR

0.00032223

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Other satellites on launch #64 in the year 2015 (2015-11-08 UTC)

CZ-4B DEB, 41041 (Decayed)

CZ-4B R/B, 41027 (Decayed)

CZ-4B DEB, 41042 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 28 DEB, 41040 (Decayed)

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YAOGAN 28 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	2026-10-22 21:39:13.529Z	28.689° NE	2026-10-22 21:42:13.529Z	90.447° ESE	38.717°	2026-10-22 21:45:13.529Z	165.803° S
4 mins	2026-10-23 09:48:13.529Z	216.713° SW	2026-10-23 09:50:13.529Z	276.629° WNW	30.442°	2026-10-23 09:52:13.529Z	319.857° NNW

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YAOGAN 28, 41026

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-22T14:48:41.703Z)

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Other satellites on launch #64 in the year 2015 (2015-11-08 UTC)

YAOGAN 28 Visibility forecast

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