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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
JB-11, 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: 12 hours ago
TLE from 12 hours ago
0 YAOGAN 28
1 41026U 15064A 26295.28991228 .00008963 00000-0 32091-3 0 9998
2 41026 97.3248 71.2437 0011677 99.4331 260.8230 15.28928864610093Epoch: 2026-10-22T06:57Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-22T06:57:28.420Z)
Latitude
0.00004°
Longitude
-63.85166°
Altitude
483.404 km
Speed
7.623 km/s
True Right ascension
04h 44m 58s
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
14:22:55
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
483.967 km
Perigee altitude
467.96 km
Semi-major axis
6,854.101 km
Eccentricity
0.00117
Inclination
97.3248°
RAAN
71.2437°
Arg. of periapsis
99.4331°
True anomaly
260.69093°
Mean anomaly
260.823°
Eccentric anomaly
260.75696°
Mean motion
3.82488 °/min
Orbital period
94.12 mins
BSTAR
0.00032091
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Other satellites on launch #64 in the year 2015 (2015-11-08 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 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. |
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| 6 mins | 2026-10-22 21:39:28.006Z | 30.329° NE | 2026-10-22 21:42:28.006Z | 101.776° ESE | 38.96° | 2026-10-22 21:45:28.006Z | 167.524° S |
| 4 mins | 2026-10-23 09:48:28.006Z | 221.431° SW | 2026-10-23 09:49:28.006Z | 249.475° W | 30.523° | 2026-10-23 09:52:28.006Z | 322.425° NNW |
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