YAOGAN 25B

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YAOGAN 25B is classified as:

Yaogan

NORAD ID: 40339

Int'l Code: 2014-080B

Perigee: 909.6 km

Apogee: 1,284.4 km

Inclination: 63.4 °

Period: 107.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7467 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   22340.21768668 -.00000126  00000-0 -50376-4 0  9993
2 40339  63.4017  28.2884 0250897   3.6239 356.6527 13.45230261392452

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC