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GAOFEN 1, 39150

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 1, 39150 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 26 Apr 2013 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

39150, 2013-018A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

State Adm. for Science, Techn. and Industry for National Def (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, AOCS

Mass

1,060 kg wet, ~900 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2013-04-26 (12 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 1
1 39150U 13018A   25133.84204493  .00000834  00000-0  12683-3 0  9997
2 39150  97.9503 207.9719 0019145 110.8051 249.5212 14.76483159649354

Epoch: 2025-05-13T20:12Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T20:12:32.681Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

33.00075°

Altitude

648.187 km

Speed

7.531 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 51m 53s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-13.80573°

Longitude

-148.65261°

Altitude

644.821 km

Speed

7.535 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 02m 48s

Apparent Declination

-26° 38' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:03:20

Azimuth

312.557° NW

Elevation

-71.861°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

650.926 km

Perigee altitude

624.063 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.632 km

Eccentricity

0.0019145

Inclination

97.9503°

RAAN

207.9719°

Arg. of periapsis

110.8051°

True anomaly

249.31585°

Mean anomaly

249.5212°

Eccentric anomaly

249.41851°

Mean motion

3.69354 °/min

BSTAR

0.00012683

Orbital period

97.47 mins

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GAOFEN 1 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2025-05-14 04:28:16.126Z	141.551° SSE	2025-05-14 04:31:16.126Z	92.949° ESE	34.36°	2025-05-14 04:35:16.126Z	3.427° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-14 17:56:16.126Z	6.151° NNE	2025-05-14 17:59:16.126Z	233.459° WSW	42.753°	2025-05-14 18:02:16.126Z	200.687° SSW

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