YAOGAN-8 is a payload in LEO orbit, operated by General Armaments Dept. of the PLA, launched 2009.
It went up on launch 2009-072, alongside everything else on that flight
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This is one of thousands of catalogued objects, one of many in the LEO band. How many satellites are in orbit right now?
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Oct 23, 2026.