NORAD 41857
YUNHAI 1
Time
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 41857
- International designator
- 2016-068A
- Launch date
- Nov 11, 2016
- Launch site
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 1,704.000 MHz · FM
- Beacon
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- Mode
- FM
Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerMode L
Transmitter · Meteorological · FM
- Downlink
- 1,704.000 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-02 04:14:00 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 101 minutes, on an orbit tilted 98.6° from the equator, between 799 and 816 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About YUNHAI 1
YUNHAI 1 is a satellite from China, launched on Nov 11, 2016 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China.
It circles Earth every 101 minutes (14.3 times a day), between 781 and 785 km up, on an orbit tilted 98.6° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 81° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Yunhai-1 01 · Chinese meteorological satellite
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 780 km to 781 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.