▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	97.3057°
Eccentricity	0.0006433
Period	94.2 min
Apogee	486 km
Perigee	477 km
Mean motion	15.28181912 rev/day
RAAN	325.0823°
Arg of perigee	107.4056°
Mean anomaly	252.7887°
B*	1.7610e-4
Rev at epoch	78,887

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 38257U 12021A 26188.19907822 .00004766 00000-0 17610-3 0 9995

2 38257 97.3057 325.0823 0006433 107.4056 252.7887 15.28181912788875

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "YAOGAN-14",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2012-021A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:46:40.358+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.28181912,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0006433,
  "INCLINATION": 97.3057,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 325.0823,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 107.4056,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 252.7887,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 38257,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 78887,
  "BSTAR": 0.0001761,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00004766,
  "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-14
Operator	General Armaments Dept. of the PLAHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	China
Launch date	May 10, 2012HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	3000HIGHvia 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

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