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YAOGAN 14, 38257

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 14, 38257 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 10 May 2012 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B 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

38257, 2012-021A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

JB-11, Unknown motor

Mass

~3,000 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2012-05-10 (13 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 8 m

Radar Cross Section

9.231 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 14
1 38257U 12021A   25118.19046880  .00015122  00000-0  62466-3 0  9992
2 38257  97.2477 262.2274 0003806 144.6593 215.4898 15.24090486722767

Epoch: 2025-04-28T04:34Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T04:34:16.504Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-22.74942°

Altitude

498.749 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 28m 54s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

80.81224°

Longitude

-151.10385°

Altitude

505.188 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 46m 59s

Apparent Declination

25° 50' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:09:01

Azimuth

350.674° N

Elevation

-23.656°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

493.086 km

Perigee altitude

487.857 km

Semi-major axis

6,868.609 km

Eccentricity

0.0003806

Inclination

97.2477°

RAAN

262.2274°

Arg. of periapsis

144.6593°

True anomaly

215.46449°

Mean anomaly

215.4898°

Eccentric anomaly

215.47714°

Mean motion

3.81276 °/min

BSTAR

0.00062466

Orbital period

94.42 mins

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Other satellites on launch #21 in the year 2012 (2012-05-10 UTC)

TIANTUO 1, 38258 (Decayed)

CZ-4B R/B, 38259 (Decayed)

CZ-4B DEB, 38260 (Decayed)

CZ-4B DEB, 38261 (Decayed)

YAOGAN 14 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
6 mins	2025-04-28 22:28:00.980Z	9.5° NNE	2025-04-28 22:31:00.980Z	234.648° WSW	44.473°	2025-04-28 22:34:00.980Z	195.649° SSW
5 mins	2025-04-29 09:05:00.980Z	124.228° SE	2025-04-29 09:07:00.980Z	72.297° E	28.044°	2025-04-29 09:10:00.980Z	10.241° NNE

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