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Orbit:
#34164 @ 632 x 647 km x 97.7575 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-11-03 23:31 UTC
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13.5 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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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 26307.98038786 .00000280 00000-0 46691-4 0 09993
2 45856 97.7575 2.6391 0010670 350.7505 9.3507 14.76910004341644
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TLE data & history
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Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
July 3rd 2020
Spacecraft age
6 years, 4 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
97.7575°
Period
97.5
min
Perigee
632
km
Apogee
647
km
Eccentricity
0.001067
RAAN
2.6391°
Arg of Perigee
350.7505°
Mean Motion
14.76910004
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