China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 4BLaunch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21
Launched
October 23, 2026 · 19:25 UTC
Image: CASC
Summary
Long March 4B carried the Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21 mission for China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, successfully inserting its payloads into the target orbit. The six Chinese military “remote sensing” satellites have unknown purposes.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 59th Long March 4B flight · 3rd this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 620th launch50th this yearhumanity's 7,422nd orbital launch attempt249th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OBJECT A · NORAD 101151 · 2026-241A · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2026-241A
- Epoch
- 2026-11-03 03:21:10 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.15835341 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005996
- Inclination
- 44.9976°
- Ascending node
- 251.993°
- Arg. of perigee
- 316.4492°
- Mean anomaly
- 43.5913°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 157
- B*
- 0.000208685
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.
About this launch
Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 4B from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on October 23, 2026 at 19:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:17 to 19:39 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 620th launch, 50th this year and humanity's 7,422nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 59th Long March 4B flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 521 × 530 km orbit inclined 45.0°.
6 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
News
Pad
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
139th launch from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), 7th this year · 300th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 24, 3:25 AM GMT+8, at night
139 launches from this pad · 301 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
43 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Updates
Questions
When did Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21 launch?
Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21 launched on October 23, 2026 at 19:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:17 to 19:39 UTC.
Where can I watch Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21?
Long March 4B, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 4B spec sheet
Where did Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21 launch from?
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Oct 24, 3:25 AM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21 reach?
It reached a 521 × 530 km orbit inclined 45.0°.