Latitude
—
GAOFEN-5
NORAD 43461 · COSPAR 2018-043A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #44942 @ 689 x 693 km x 98.4744 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-16 15:43 UTC · 19.8 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// onowactive
GAOFEN-5 01
1 43461U 18043A 26289.65536991 .00000284 00000-0 68360-4 0 09996
2 43461 98.4744 263.8990 0002919 73.4106 286.7414 14.60674125449426
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43461U 18043A 26289.65536991 .00000284 00000-0 68360-4 0 09996
2 43461 98.4744 263.8990 0002919 73.4106 286.7414 14.60674125449426
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
May 8th 2018
Spacecraft age
8 years, 5 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
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
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.4744°
Period
98.58 min
Perigee
689 km
Apogee
693 km
Eccentricity
0.0002919
RAAN
263.899°
Arg of Perigee
73.4106°
Mean Motion
14.60674125 rev/d