YAOGAN 25B

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YAOGAN 25B is classified as:

Yaogan

NORAD ID: 40339

Int'l Code: 2014-080B

Perigee: 978.1 km

Apogee: 1,216.2 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 25B 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 40339U 14080B   20048.91979966 -.00000069 +00000-0 +32947-4 0  9997
2 40339 063.4037 135.2298 0159348 359.9225 000.1745 13.45188819254937

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC