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YAOGAN-32 B, 43643

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-32 B, 43643 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 09 Oct 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C/YZ-1S 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

43643, 2018-077B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

4 hours ago

Origin

Strategic Support Troops (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SECM?

Mission

Operational Defense Sigint

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-10-09 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2C/YZ-1S

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.446 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 4 hours ago

0 YAOGAN-32 B
1 43643U 18077B   25199.82553037  .00000527  00000-0  11262-3 0  9991
2 43643  97.9396 232.3260 0001649  95.4638 264.6752 14.62613265361095

Epoch: 2025-07-18T19:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T19:48:45.823Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

-1.73634°

Altitude

687.853 km

Speed

7.512 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 29m 18s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

59.05445°

Longitude

-14.97097°

Altitude

693.801 km

Speed

7.515 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 58m 38s

Apparent Declination

33° 51' 20"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:09:44

Azimuth

38.059° NE

Elevation

-4.048°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

682.979 km

Perigee altitude

680.65 km

Semi-major axis

7,059.951 km

Eccentricity

0.00016

Inclination

97.9396°

RAAN

232.326°

Arg. of periapsis

95.4638°

True anomaly

264.65639°

Mean anomaly

264.6752°

Eccentric anomaly

264.66579°

Mean motion

3.65882 °/min

Orbital period

98.39 mins

BSTAR

0.00011262

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YZ-1S DEB, 43644

YAOGAN-32 B 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.
4 mins	2025-07-19 00:55:08.580Z	85.802° E	2025-07-19 00:57:08.580Z	57.354° ENE	14.081°	2025-07-19 00:59:08.580Z	31.449° NE
8 mins	2025-07-19 02:30:08.580Z	183.739° SSW	2025-07-19 02:33:08.580Z	231.595° WSW	39.119°	2025-07-19 02:38:08.580Z	338.991° N
7 mins	2025-07-19 14:28:08.580Z	41.77° NE	2025-07-19 14:31:08.580Z	103.589° ESE	29.866°	2025-07-19 14:35:08.580Z	163.487° S
5 mins	2025-07-19 16:06:08.580Z	326.863° NNW	2025-07-19 16:08:08.580Z	292.496° WNW	20.961°	2025-07-19 16:11:08.580Z	247.098° WSW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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