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YAOGAN-43 02C — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 60947)
Track YAOGAN-43 02C (NORAD catalog number 60947) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It is object C of 2024's 156th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2024-156C). It went up together with 5 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 11,194 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.62 km/s, YAOGAN-43 02C flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 503 × 505 km, completing one revolution every 94.6 minutes — about 15.2 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Its 35.0° inclination keeps its ground track over the tropics and lower mid-latitudes. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 42.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 6.28° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~503 km × 505 km |
| Inclination | 35.00° |
| Orbital period | 94.6 min (15.23 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00019 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2024-156C |
| NORAD catalog number | 60947 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
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YAOGAN-43 02C is one of 4,471 active satellites in WatchSat's general catalog — the broad population of Earth-observation, communications, science, amateur-radio and technology spacecraft outside the giant broadband constellations. Browse all other active satellites live in 3D.
Can you see YAOGAN-43 02C from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, YAOGAN-43 02C is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. See pass predictions for your location for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of YAOGAN-43 02C in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- YAOGAN-43 02B (NORAD 60946)
- YAOGAN-43 02D (NORAD 60948)
- YAOGAN-43 02A (NORAD 60945)
- YAOGAN-43 02E (NORAD 60949)
- YAOGAN-43 02F (NORAD 60950)
- SENTINEL-2C (NORAD 60989)
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