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YAOGAN-43 O1F, 60463

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-43 O1F, 60463 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 16 Aug 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B 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

60463, 2024-148F

Orbit

LEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (PLA) (CN)

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-08-16 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.5 m

Radar Cross Section

11.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 YAOGAN-43 O1F
1 60463U 24148F   26136.96975846  .00011433  00000-0  36443-3 0  9995
2 60463  34.9926 347.3352 0008887 292.4667  67.5109 15.31685221 97499

Epoch: 2026-05-16T23:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-16T23:16:27.130Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

123.54302°

Altitude

467.363 km

Speed

7.636 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 09m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

20:22:28

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

480.137 km

Perigee altitude

467.958 km

Semi-major axis

6,852.185 km

Eccentricity

0.00089

Inclination

34.9926°

RAAN

347.3352°

Arg. of periapsis

292.4667°

True anomaly

67.60503°

Mean anomaly

67.5109°

Eccentric anomaly

67.55796°

Mean motion

3.82648 °/min

Orbital period

94.08 mins

BSTAR

0.00036443

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Other satellites on launch #148 in the year 2024 (2024-08-16 UTC)

CZ-4B R/B, 60467 (Decayed)

YAOGAN-43 O1G, 60464

YAOGAN-43 O1B, 60459

YAOGAN-43 O1J, 60466

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YAOGAN-43 O1F 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	2026-05-17 18:18:11.826Z	216.805° SW	2026-05-17 18:21:11.826Z	156.471° SSE	22.403°	2026-05-17 18:23:11.826Z	116.467° SE
5 mins	2026-05-17 19:58:11.826Z	228.485° WSW	2026-05-17 20:00:11.826Z	161.083° S	30.533°	2026-05-17 20:03:11.826Z	110.539° ESE
4 mins	2026-05-17 21:37:11.826Z	230.733° WSW	2026-05-17 21:38:11.826Z	206.714° SW	23.796°	2026-05-17 21:41:11.826Z	140.994° SSE

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YAOGAN-43 O1F, 60463

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-16T23:16:27.130Z)

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