YAOGAN-47

MilitaryLEOSSOPolarChina

YAOGAN-47 is a military satellite, as listed in Jonathan McDowell's GCAT catalogue, with ownership listed as China in CelesTrak's catalogue, currently in low Earth orbit, around 499 km altitude. It completes one orbit of Earth roughly every 95 minutes at an inclination of 97.5°. It was launched in 2025. Track its live position and see when it passes over your location on azmth.

Orbital data

NORAD ID: 66988
COSPAR ID: 2025-289A
Type: Military
Orbit: LEO
Perigee (lowest): 499 km
Apogee (highest): 505 km
Inclination: 97.49°
Orbital period: 95 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-47 satellite is mainly used for land survey, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation, environmental management, comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation and similar fields.”

Xinhua, 9 Dec 2025

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遥感四十七号卫星主要用于国土普查、城市规划、路网设计、农作物估产、环境治理和综合防灾减灾等领域。

“The satellite is mainly used for land survey, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation, environmental management, comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation and similar fields.”

People's Daily, 9 Dec 2025

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该卫星主要用于国土普查、城市规划、路网设计、农作物估产、环境治理和综合防灾减灾等领域。

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 LEO orbit

Low Earth Orbit. Up to 2,000 km altitude. Where most satellites live including the ISS (~420 km), Starlink (~550 km), and Earth observation. Orbital period roughly 90 minutes.