Latitude
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GAOFEN-1
NORAD 43259 · COSPAR 2018-031A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #46046 @ 639 x 642 km x 98.0391 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-15 14:11 UTC · 25 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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GAOFEN-1 02
1 43259U 18031A 26288.59148744 .00000569 00000-0 89227-4 0 09996
2 43259 98.0391 350.6914 0002674 11.1799 348.9469 14.76464188460462
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43259U 18031A 26288.59148744 .00000569 00000-0 89227-4 0 09996
2 43259 98.0391 350.6914 0002674 11.1799 348.9469 14.76464188460462
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
March 30th 2018
Spacecraft age
8 years, 6 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
ChinaÕs Ministry of Land and Resources, Ministry of Environmental Protection, and Ministry of Agriculture
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Taiyuan Launch Center
Launch vehicle
Long March 4C
Contractor
China Spacesat
Launch mass
805 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.0391°
Period
97.53 min
Perigee
639 km
Apogee
642 km
Eccentricity
0.0002674
RAAN
350.6914°
Arg of Perigee
11.1799°
Mean Motion
14.76464188 rev/d