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Satellite · NORAD 41857 · COSPAR 2016-068A

YUNHAI-1 01

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator People's Republic of China
  • Constellation
  • Country China

Altitude now

791.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.47km/s

Inclination

98.59°

Period

100.5 min

100.5 min

Perigee

781km

Apogee

786km

orbit freshOrbit updated 5 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 23:29 UTC (8.9 h old)· Metadata updated 5 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 YUNHAI-1 01YUNHAI-1 01
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Latitude
61.268° N
Longitude
16.183° W
Altitude
791.0 km
Velocity
7.465 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 23:29 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
4.2 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • YUNHAI-1 01Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
11 Nov 2016
COSPAR launch id
2016-068

Objects from the same launch · 6

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeCNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
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 3 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 15 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 07:07 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

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
41857
COSPAR / international designator
2016-068A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTGZ4
Canonical slug
yunhai-1-01-41857

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