YAOGAN-45

MilitaryMEOChina

YAOGAN-45 is a military satellite, as listed in Jonathan McDowell's GCAT catalogue, with ownership listed as China in CelesTrak's catalogue, currently in medium Earth orbit near 7,494 km. It completes one orbit of Earth roughly every 271 minutes at an inclination of 19.9°. It was launched in 2025. Track its live position and see when it passes over your location on azmth.

Orbital data

NORAD ID: 65563
COSPAR ID: 2025-202A
Type: Military
Orbit: MEO
Perigee (lowest): 7,494 km
Apogee (highest): 7,514 km
Inclination: 19.94°
Orbital period: 271 min
Launch year: 2025
Owner (CelesTrak): China

Orbital data updated: 2026-10-18 · from CelesTrak, refreshed every 2 hours.

Who operates it

ChinaLIVEActive

Optical imaging

Official description

“The Yaogan-45 satellite is mainly used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, agricultural yield estimation, disaster prevention and mitigation and similar fields.”

Xinhua, 9 Sep 2025

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遥感四十五号卫星主要用于科学试验、国土资源普查、农产品估产和防灾减灾等领域。

“The satellite is mainly used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, agricultural yield estimation, disaster prevention and mitigation and similar fields.”

China National Space Administration, 9 Sep 2025

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该卫星主要用于科学试验、国土资源普查、农产品估产和防灾减灾等领域。

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for optical imaging and records it as active (17 Oct 2026).

Data: GCAT · CC BY 4.0 Class, mission and status adapted from GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0, data update 17 Oct 2026.

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About MEO orbit

Medium Earth Orbit. Between 2,000 and 35,786 km. Home to navigation constellations like GPS (~20,200 km), Galileo, and BeiDou. Orbital period 2 to 24 hours.