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Satellite · NORAD 31490 · COSPAR 2007-019A

YAOGAN-2

ActivePayloadLEOMilitary derived

Altitude now

640.8km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.54km/s

Inclination

98.25°

Period

97.1 min

97.1 min

Perigee

606km

Apogee

635km

orbit agingOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:50 UTC (12.6 h old)· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of YAOGAN-2YAOGAN-2
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Latitude
68.741° S
Longitude
126.930° E
Altitude
640.8 km
Velocity
7.540 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:50 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Military
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
3.1 m²
Constellation membership derived
Yaogan via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • YAOGAN-2Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
25 May 2007
COSPAR launch id
2007-019

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodePRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassLEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 2 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 01:01 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
31490
COSPAR / international designator
2007-019A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM27Y
Canonical slug
yaogan-2-31490

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Military) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.