- Military
- OBJECT G
- NORAD 101157
- 2026-241G
- Low Earth orbit
Current orbit
View on live mapOrbit began over Peru
Orbit ends over the Pacific Ocean
Sunlit since
Enters the Earth’s shadow
In view from you
Nobody watches Yaogan 56-21 go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.
Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.
No brightness has been published for Yaogan 56-21, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.
Seeing it
There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint to see with the naked eye from anywhere on Earth.
Timeline
- Launch
Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source
Summary
Over the Pacific Ocean LIVE
Where is Yaogan 56-21?
At 5:36:59 PM UTC Yaogan 56-21 was over the Pacific Ocean (17.4° S, 108.4° W), 518 km up, moving at 7.61 km/s and in sunlight.
What is Yaogan 56-21?
A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Oct 23, 2026.
Can I see Yaogan 56-21?
No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Yaogan 56-21, and nothing here estimates one.
General
- Operator
- Strategic Support Troops
- State
- China, People's Republic of
- Built by
- Spaceflight East Is Red Satellite Co
- Military
- Yes: a defence organisation flies it
- Launched
- Mass
- 250 kg
- Operating
- Yes
- Orbit class
- Low Earth orbit
From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, that a defence organisation flies it, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.
Latest orbital data
- Position received
- 5:36 PM UTC
- Station time (UTC)
- 5:36 PM UTC
- Latitude / longitude
- 17.4° S, 108.4° W
- Altitude
- 518 km
- Speed
- 7.61 km/s (27,385 km/h)
- Course
- north-east
- Light
- In sunlight until 6:10 PM UTC
- Inclination
- 45°
- Orbital period
- 95 minutes
- Orbits per day
- 15.16
- This orbit
- 516 to 524 km
- In shadow
- 35 minutes of each orbit
- In view from
- Within 1,600 km of the point below it
- Elements epoch
- Nov 8, 2026, 5:04 AM, 12 hours old
- Source
- Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 5:04 AM, 12 hours old.
No operator publishes an ephemeris for Yaogan 56-21, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.
In orbit
- Close approaches
- No close approach to Yaogan 56-21 has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.
From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 PM, 3 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.
Launched with
Yaogan 56-21 shares its launch, 2026-241, with 6 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.
| Body | What it is |
|---|---|
| OBJECT A | Satellite |
| OBJECT B | Satellite |
| OBJECT C | Satellite |
| OBJECT D | Satellite |
| OBJECT E | Satellite |
| CZ-4B R/B | Rocket body |
Read from the international designators of the US catalogue: the year and the launch number every piece of one launch shares. A body that has come down is no longer listed.
Data and API
The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 5:04 AM, 12 hours old.
{
"OBJECT_NAME": "OBJECT G",
"OBJECT_ID": "2026-241G",
"EPOCH": "2026-11-08T05:04:27.246144",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.15999864,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.00058315,
"INCLINATION": 44.993,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 224.7644,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 349.0665,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 11.0085,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 101157,
"ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 234,
"BSTAR": 0.00045155118,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.0000857,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}