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YAOGAN 8, 36121

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 8, 36121 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C 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

36121, 2009-072A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

JB-9, Unknown motor

Mass

1,040 kg wet, 1,040 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2009-12-15 (15 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 5 m

Radar Cross Section

4.795 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 8
1 36121U 09072A   25119.14298324 -.00000320  00000-0 -85680-3 0  9999
2 36121 100.2660  19.6079 0020964 173.8311 186.3058 13.05060435734740

Epoch: 2025-04-29T03:25Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-29T03:25:53.751Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

110.78705°

Altitude

1,260.913 km

Speed

7.217 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 18m 25s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-63.40027°

Longitude

132.15796°

Altitude

1,274.856 km

Speed

7.214 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 38m 44s

Apparent Declination

-55° 00' 13"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:57:27

Azimuth

145.574° SSE

Elevation

-70.024°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,255.688 km

Perigee altitude

1,223.748 km

Semi-major axis

7,617.855 km

Eccentricity

0.0020964

Inclination

100.266°

RAAN

19.6079°

Arg. of periapsis

173.8311°

True anomaly

186.27948°

Mean anomaly

186.3058°

Eccentric anomaly

186.29263°

Mean motion

3.26433 °/min

BSTAR

-0.0008568

Orbital period

110.28 mins

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YAOGAN 8 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.
13 mins	2025-04-29 16:25:23.212Z	136.791° SSE	2025-04-29 16:32:23.212Z	57.158° ENE	36.714°	2025-04-29 16:38:23.212Z	356.96° N
11 mins	2025-04-29 18:15:23.212Z	207.377° SW	2025-04-29 18:20:23.212Z	258.192° W	28.397°	2025-04-29 18:26:23.212Z	321.463° NNW
13 mins	2025-04-30 05:48:23.212Z	25.651° NE	2025-04-30 05:54:23.212Z	96.929° ESE	40.328°	2025-04-30 06:01:23.212Z	179.837° S
10 mins	2025-04-30 07:38:23.212Z	345.484° N	2025-04-30 07:42:23.212Z	303.831° NW	25.276°	2025-04-30 07:48:23.212Z	245.787° WSW

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