GAOFEN 2, 40118
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 2, 40118 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 19 Aug 2014 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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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Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago
TLE from 9 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 2
1 40118U 14049A 25360.25737573 .00000836 00000-0 11577-3 0 9998
2 40118 98.0362 59.4480 0008706 75.7085 284.5093 14.80630574613646TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-26T06:10:37.263Z)
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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2014 (2014-08-19 UTC)
GAOFEN 2 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. |
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| 7 mins | 2025-12-26 16:28:33.675Z | 30.201° NE | 2025-12-26 16:32:33.675Z | 100.797° ESE | 31.289° | 2025-12-26 16:35:33.675Z | 160.43° S |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-26 18:06:33.675Z | 325.116° NNW | 2025-12-26 18:08:33.675Z | 291.541° WNW | 17.851° | 2025-12-26 18:10:33.675Z | 259.247° W |
| 6 mins | 2025-12-27 03:24:33.675Z | 120.522° SE | 2025-12-27 03:27:33.675Z | 61.409° ENE | 25.618° | 2025-12-27 03:30:33.675Z | 12.853° NNE |
| 5 mins | 2025-12-27 05:01:33.675Z | 228.823° WSW | 2025-12-27 05:03:33.675Z | 266.894° W | 21.454° | 2025-12-27 05:06:33.675Z | 314.988° NW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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