YAOGAN-42 01 is a payload in LEO orbit, operated by General Armaments Dept. of the PLA, launched 2024.
| Orbit class | LEO |
| Inclination | 34.9993° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0002430 |
| Period | 94.5 min |
| Apogee | 498 km |
| Perigee | 495 km |
| Mean motion | 15.23067382 rev/day |
| RAAN | 4.3882° |
| Arg of perigee | 138.4921° |
| Mean anomaly | 221.5978° |
| B* | 2.9141e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 12,579 |
1 59395U 24063A 26187.49815662 .00007004 00000-0 29141-3 0 99922 59395 34.9993 4.3882 0002430 138.4921 221.5978 15.23067382125797{
"OBJECT_NAME": "YAOGAN-42 01",
"OBJECT_ID": "2024-063A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T11:57:20.732+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.23067382,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.000243,
"INCLINATION": 34.9993,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 4.3882,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 138.4921,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 221.5978,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 59395,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 12579,
"BSTAR": 0.0002914134,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00007004,
"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.
| Name | YAOGAN-42 01 |
| Operator | |
| Country | China |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | |
| Mission purpose | — |
| Object class |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
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