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YAOGAN-36 04B, 54748

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-36 04B, 54748 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 14 Dec 2022 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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

54748, 2022-171C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (China) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Sigint

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-12-14 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 5 m

Radar Cross Section

11.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 YAOGAN-36 04B
1 54748U 22171C   25159.71161024  .00004750  00000-0  19931-3 0  9997
2 54748  35.0036  23.6191 0007658  46.0573 314.0773 15.22857398138412

Epoch: 2025-06-08T17:04Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-08T17:04:43.124Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-129.89384°

Altitude

492.475 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 34m 28s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

33.76173°

Longitude

-26.63427°

Altitude

494.31 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 27m 10s

Apparent Declination

-1° 31' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:37:07

Azimuth

26.927° NE

Elevation

-48.449°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

505.744 km

Perigee altitude

495.209 km

Semi-major axis

6,878.613 km

Eccentricity

0.00077

Inclination

35.0036°

RAAN

23.6191°

Arg. of periapsis

46.0573°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

314.0773°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.80445 °/min

Orbital period

94.63 mins

BSTAR

0.00019931

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Other satellites on launch #171 in the year 2022 (2022-12-14 UTC)

YAOGAN-36 04A, 54746

CZ-2D R/B, 54747 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 54749 (Decayed)

YAOGAN-36 04C, 54750

YAOGAN-36 04B 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.
5 mins	2025-06-09 18:29:04.959Z	203.581° SW	2025-06-09 18:32:04.959Z	150.533° SSE	17.639°	2025-06-09 18:34:04.959Z	116.897° SE
5 mins	2025-06-09 20:09:04.959Z	226.966° WSW	2025-06-09 20:11:04.959Z	171.783° S	30.552°	2025-06-09 20:14:04.959Z	109.28° ESE
5 mins	2025-06-09 21:48:04.959Z	246.096° WSW	2025-06-09 21:50:04.959Z	204.53° SW	28.364°	2025-06-09 21:53:04.959Z	130.626° SE

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