▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	LEO
Inclination	100.2149°
Eccentricity	0.0020277
Period	110.3 min
Apogee	1,258 km
Perigee	1,227 km
Mean motion	13.05083330 rev/day
RAAN	71.5743°
Arg of perigee	280.0410°
Mean anomaly	79.8409°
B*	9.6919e-4
Rev at epoch	79,127

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 36121U 09072A 26188.12066979 .00000272 00000-0 96919-3 0 9994

2 36121 100.2149 71.5743 0020277 280.0410 79.8409 13.05083330791271

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "YAOGAN-8",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2009-072A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T02:53:45.87+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 13.0508333,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0020277,
  "INCLINATION": 100.2149,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 71.5743,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 280.041,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 79.8409,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 36121,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 79127,
  "BSTAR": 0.00096919,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000272,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	YAOGAN-8
Operator	General Armaments Dept. of the PLAHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	China
Launch date	Dec 15, 2009HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	1040HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/36121

//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.