Latitude
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GAOFEN-5
NORAD 43461 · COSPAR 2018-043A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #45220 @ 689 x 693 km x 98.4773 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-04 16:46 UTC · 44 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-5 01
1 43461U 18043A 26308.69881743 .00000222 00000-0 55691-4 0 09995
2 43461 98.4773 283.3836 0002266 37.5814 322.5543 14.60684782452208
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43461U 18043A 26308.69881743 .00000222 00000-0 55691-4 0 09995
2 43461 98.4773 283.3836 0002266 37.5814 322.5543 14.60684782452208
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
May 8th 2018
Spacecraft age
8 years, 5 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
98.4773°
Period
98.58 min
Perigee
689 km
Apogee
693 km
Eccentricity
0.0002266
RAAN
283.3836°
Arg of Perigee
37.5814°
Mean Motion
14.60684782 rev/d