Yaogan · Payload
YAOGAN-47
OperationalPayloadLEO
YAOGAN-47 is a China payload satellite, part of the Yaogan constellation, launched on December 9, 2025 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 9, 2025 at 03:41 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Yaogan 47
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 497 km
- Periapsis
- 496 km
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- Orbital period
- 94.54 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Manufacturer
- CAST
- Users
- Government/Military
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
- Detailed purpose
- Reconnaissance
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-289A
- NORAD catalog №
- 66988
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Constellation
- Yaogan
- Status
- Operational
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