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YAOGAN-31 C, 43277

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-31 C, 43277 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 10 Apr 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

43277, 2018-034C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

Strategic Support Troops (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Defense Sigint

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-04-10 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.446 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 YAOGAN-31 C
1 43277U 18034C   25128.95578959 -.00000034  00000-0  80286-4 0  9990
2 43277  63.3996  50.4226 0239705   5.9298 354.4476 13.45406882347850

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:56Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:56:20.22Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-160.68054°

Altitude

912.841 km

Speed

7.484 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 21m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

26.20311°

Longitude

4.47339°

Altitude

1,235.585 km

Speed

7.169 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 41m 44s

Apparent Declination

-15° 18' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:10:10

Azimuth

126.817° SE

Elevation

16.078°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,267.002 km

Perigee altitude

909.066 km

Semi-major axis

7,466.171 km

Eccentricity

0.0239705

Inclination

63.3996°

RAAN

50.4226°

Arg. of periapsis

5.9298°

True anomaly

354.17367°

Mean anomaly

354.4476°

Eccentric anomaly

354.31147°

Mean motion

3.36431 °/min

BSTAR

0.000080286

Orbital period

107.01 mins

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YAOGAN-31 C 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.
11 mins	2025-05-09 06:40:34.255Z	301.135° NW	2025-05-09 06:45:34.255Z	249.056° W	28.09°	2025-05-09 06:51:34.255Z	191.838° SSW
11 mins	2025-05-09 20:28:34.255Z	207.816° SW	2025-05-09 20:33:34.255Z	110.468° ESE	44.712°	2025-05-09 20:39:34.255Z	35.802° NE
8 mins	2025-05-09 22:21:34.255Z	285.233° WNW	2025-05-09 22:24:34.255Z	320.456° NNW	20.842°	2025-05-09 22:29:34.255Z	12.606° NNE
11 mins	2025-05-10 04:00:34.255Z	347.566° N	2025-05-10 04:05:34.255Z	49.951° ENE	31.353°	2025-05-10 04:11:34.255Z	108.633° ESE

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