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Yaogan

China military / Yaogan programme · China

Chinese military remote-sensing series (official designation "Yaogan Weixing").

Median orbit
555 km · 35.0°
Active
164
Inactive
0
Decayed
9
On orbit
164
Total launched
173
Launches
82
Launched 30 d
0
Launched 365 d
4
First launch
25 May 2007
Last launch
15 Mar 2026
Activity scorederived
0.2
launch cadence index
Snapshot
11 Sept 2026 22:51 UTC

Deployment

Deployment timeline

Cumulative satellites launched

Cumulative satellites launched by month0501001502002007201320172021202220242026

Launched per month

Satellites launched per month024682007-052013-092017-092021-022022-092024-082026-03

Orbits

Orbital shells

Perigee altitude · satellites per 25 km

Perigee altitude histogram0102030405K km10K km15K km20K km25K km30K km35K km

Inclination · satellites per 5°

Inclination histogram05010020°40°60°80°100°120°140°

Largest shells (perigee × inclination)

PerigeeInclinationSatellites
490 km35.00°22
560 km35.00°18
550 km35.00°12
950 km63.00°9
500 km35.00°9
510 km35.00°9
850 km86.00°8
760 km63.00°6
450 km35.00°5
480 km35.00°4

Shells bucket current elements to 20 km × 1°. Orbit classes are derived.

Launches

Launch history · 82 launches

LaunchDateSiteSatellitesActive
2026-05115 Mar 2026Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2026-00613 Jan 2026Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2025-28909 Dec 2025Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2025-25003 Nov 2025Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan11
2025-20209 Sept 2025Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan11
2025-19906 Sept 2025Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center33
2025-09611 May 2025Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center33
2024-19023 Oct 2024Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2024-15603 Sept 2024Xichang Satellite Launch Center66
2024-14816 Aug 2024Xichang Satellite Launch Center99
2024-07520 Apr 2024Xichang Satellite Launch Center11
2024-06302 Apr 2024Xichang Satellite Launch Center11
2023-19715 Dec 2023Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan11
2023-19410 Dec 2023Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2023-16323 Oct 2023Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2023-15205 Oct 2023Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2023-14926 Sept 2023Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2023-14517 Sept 2023Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2023-13910 Sept 2023Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center33
2023-13606 Sept 2023Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2023-13031 Aug 2023Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2023-10626 Jul 2023Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2023-00613 Jan 2023Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2022-17114 Dec 2022Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2022-16027 Nov 2022Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2022-15415 Nov 2022Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2022-13314 Oct 2022Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2022-12026 Sept 2022Xichang Satellite Launch Center32
2022-10906 Sept 2022Xichang Satellite Launch Center33
2022-10602 Sept 2022Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11

Showing the 30 most recent launches.

Fleet

Recent satellites

All satellites in this constellation →
SatelliteNORADStatusLaunchedPerigeeApogeeIncl.
YAOGAN-50 0268196Active15 Mar 2026952 km953 km141.99°
YAOGAN-50 0167433Active13 Jan 2026952 km953 km142.04°
YAOGAN-4766988Active09 Dec 2025494 km497 km97.50°
YAOGAN-4666313Active03 Nov 20257,489 km7,504 km20.06°
YAOGAN-4565563Active09 Sept 20257,486 km7,507 km19.93°
YAOGAN-40 03C65546Active06 Sept 2025850 km852 km86.00°
YAOGAN-40 03B65545Active06 Sept 2025850 km852 km86.00°
YAOGAN-40 03A65544Active06 Sept 2025793 km814 km85.99°
YAOGAN-40 02C63920Active11 May 2025850 km852 km86.00°
YAOGAN-40 02B63919Active11 May 2025850 km852 km86.00°
YAOGAN-40 02A63918Active11 May 2025850 km852 km86.00°
YAOGAN-43 03C61619Active23 Oct 2024493 km501 km35.00°

Reentries

Decays by month

9 decays recorded · per month

Decayed satellites per month00.20.40.60.812014-092024-042024-122025-062026-06

Timeline

Events

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