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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 4CLaunch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Yaogan 25A, Yaogan 25B, Yaogan 25C
Launched
December 10, 2014
Summary
Yaogan 25A, 25B & 25C launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 4C from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 10, 2014. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 147th launch, 13th this year and humanity's 5,432nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 16th Long March 4C flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Yaogan Weixing 25, one of 13 catalogued objects, reached a 1,096 × 1,105 km orbit inclined 63.4°. 13 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 16th Long March 4C flight · 3rd this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 147th launch13th this yearhumanity's 5,432nd orbital launch attempt83rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yaogan Weixing 25 · NORAD 40338 · 2014-080 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 13 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2014-080A
- Epoch
- 2014-12-10 23:10:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.44306239 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005648
- Inclination
- 63.4121°
- Ascending node
- 320.2177°
- Arg. of perigee
- 353.2641°
- Mean anomaly
- 132.682°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
13 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 3 debris, 6 components; 13 still in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 25 · NORAD 40338 · in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 25 fu xing yi · NORAD 40339 · in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 25 fu xing er · NORAD 40340 · in orbit
CZ-4C Y17 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Yaogan 25 is a formation-flying triplet of Chinese military satellites, assessed as a naval electronic-intelligence system. Yaogan is the public designation China gives to its military reconnaissance satellites; official statements describe them only as remote-sensing spacecraft for land survey, crop estimation and disaster monitoring.
Pad
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
36th launch from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), 7th this year · 77th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
138 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
20 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Yaogan 25A, 25B & 25C launch?
Yaogan 25A, 25B & 25C launched on December 10, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Yaogan 25A, 25B & 25C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yaogan 25A, 25B & 25C?
Long March 4C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 4C spec sheet
Where did Yaogan 25A, 25B & 25C launch from?
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Yaogan 25A, 25B & 25C reach?
Yaogan Weixing 25, one of 13 catalogued objects, reached a 1,096 × 1,105 km orbit inclined 63.4°.
How many satellites did Yaogan 25A, 25B & 25C launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).