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YAOGAN-40 03A
Chinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (Polar Orbit Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Lead satellite of the third Yaogan-40 triplet, continuing China's polar-orbit global naval ELINT surveillance buildout. Three generations into the program, Yaogan-40 has established a steady replenishment cadence extending China's naval signals triangulation capability to any ocean on Earth, a marked expansion beyond the Pacific-centric coverage of the program's Yaogan-25 through Yaogan-31 predecessors.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 495–509 mi (796–819 km)
- Inclination
- 86.0°
- One orbit
- 100.9 minutes14.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 65544
- Int’l designator
- 2025-199A
- Launched
- 2025
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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