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Orbit:
#33859 @ 631 x 648 km x 97.7606 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-14 07:35 UTC
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27.7 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
// onowactive
GAOFEN DUOMO (GFDM)
1 45856U 20042A 26287.31647913 .00000574 00000-0 88548-4 0 09998
2 45856 97.7606 342.7731 0012184 54.1040 306.1300 14.76890406338598
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
July 3rd 2020
Spacecraft age
6 years, 3 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
China's 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 4B
Contractor
China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
Launch mass
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Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.7606°
Period
97.5
min
Perigee
631
km
Apogee
648
km
Eccentricity
0.0012184
RAAN
342.7731°
Arg of Perigee
54.104°
Mean Motion
14.76890406
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