YAOGAN 25A

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YAOGAN 25A is classified as:

Yaogan

NORAD ID: 40338

Int'l Code: 2014-080A

Perigee: 1,009.5 km

Apogee: 1,184.8 km

Inclination: 63.4 °

Period: 107.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7468 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 10, 2014
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

YAOGAN 25A is one of the 3 Yaogan satellites launched on 10 December 2014 from the Jiuquan space base in northwest China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China's official Xinhua news agency described the Yaogan 25 payload as a single satellite, which state media reported was released into the planned orbit by the Long March 4C rocket. Tracking data from the U.S. Air Force's Space Surveillance Network recorded multiple satellites in an orbit nearly 1,100 kilometers, or about 680 miles, above Earth at an inclination of 63.4 degrees. The satellites are believed to monitor worldwide naval activity. Officially the satellites are "mainly used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief" (Xinhua).

1 40338U 14080A   18318.16449412 -.00000071  00000-0  30818-4 0  9996
2 40338  63.4074 238.4357 0117350 357.6893   2.3576 13.45181389192956

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC