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: 8 hours ago
TLE from 8 hours ago
0 YAOGAN 28
1 41026U 15064A 26285.34138078 .00009543 00000-0 34313-3 0 9994
2 41026 97.3247 61.4527 0011395 130.8686 229.3543 15.28774006608577Epoch: 2026-10-12T08:11Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-12T08:11:35.299Z)
Latitude
-0.00006°
Longitude
-82.36556°
Altitude
487.677 km
Speed
7.618 km/s
True Right ascension
04h 05m 48s
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
10:51:45
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
484.238 km
Perigee altitude
468.616 km
Semi-major axis
6,854.564 km
Eccentricity
0.00114
Inclination
97.3247°
RAAN
61.4527°
Arg. of periapsis
130.8686°
True anomaly
229.25532°
Mean anomaly
229.3543°
Eccentric anomaly
229.3048°
Mean motion
3.82449 °/min
Orbital period
94.13 mins
BSTAR
0.00034313
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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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| 5 mins | 2026-10-12 21:20:10.943Z | 48.472° ENE | 2026-10-12 21:22:10.943Z | 87.25° E | 21.292° | 2026-10-12 21:25:10.943Z | 146.592° SSE |
| 4 mins | 2026-10-12 22:54:10.943Z | 323.58° NNW | 2026-10-12 22:56:10.943Z | 279.026° WNW | 19.437° | 2026-10-12 22:58:10.943Z | 243.677° WSW |
| 5 mins | 2026-10-13 09:28:10.943Z | 186.941° SSW | 2026-10-13 09:30:10.943Z | 274.168° WNW | 59.506° | 2026-10-13 09:33:10.943Z | 339.603° N |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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