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: 22 hours ago
TLE from 22 hours ago
0 YAOGAN 28
1 41026U 15064A 26172.51546970 .00005398 00000-0 20324-3 0 9993
2 41026 97.3080 310.6890 0011032 168.3464 191.8032 15.27465990591342Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:22Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:22:16.582Z)
Latitude
-0.00009°
Longitude
-144.59471°
Altitude
493.905 km
Speed
7.614 km/s
True Right ascension
20h 42m 45s
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
21:34:34
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
487.908 km
Perigee altitude
472.776 km
Semi-major axis
6,858.479 km
Eccentricity
0.0011
Inclination
97.308°
RAAN
310.689°
Arg. of periapsis
168.3464°
True anomaly
191.77738°
Mean anomaly
191.8032°
Eccentric anomaly
191.79028°
Mean motion
3.82121 °/min
Orbital period
94.21 mins
BSTAR
0.00020324
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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 | 2026-06-22 21:56:32.433Z | 17.546° NNE | 2026-06-22 21:59:32.433Z | 57.097° ENE | 40.662° | 2026-06-22 22:02:32.433Z | 181.721° SSW |
| 4 mins | 2026-06-23 08:33:32.433Z | 100.487° ESE | 2026-06-23 08:34:32.433Z | 77.206° E | 20.761° | 2026-06-23 08:37:32.433Z | 18.768° NNE |
| 4 mins | 2026-06-23 10:06:32.433Z | 231.147° WSW | 2026-06-23 10:08:32.433Z | 274.574° WNW | 18.516° | 2026-06-23 10:10:32.433Z | 310.722° NW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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