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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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Identifier

40118, 2014-049A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

LS-3000A, AOCS

Mass

2,100 kg wet, 2,100 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-08-19 (12 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 2
1 40118U 14049A   26049.25151405  .00000351  00000-0  52577-4 0  9995
2 40118  98.0272 113.5047 0006050 257.4308 102.6227 14.80738099621632

Epoch: 2026-02-18T06:02Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-18T06:02:10.813Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

-125.26018°

Altitude

630.943 km

Speed

7.542 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 34m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

18:41:25

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

628.277 km

Perigee altitude

619.805 km

Semi-major axis

7,002.178 km

Eccentricity

0.00061

Inclination

98.0272°

RAAN

113.5047°

Arg. of periapsis

257.4308°

True anomaly

102.69034°

Mean anomaly

102.6227°

Eccentric anomaly

102.65652°

Mean motion

3.70419 °/min

Orbital period

97.19 mins

BSTAR

0.000052577

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2014 (2014-08-19 UTC)

CZ-4B R/B, 40120 (Decayed)

BRITE-PL 2, 40119

CZ-4C DEB, 44599 (Decayed)

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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.
7 mins	2026-02-18 16:20:25.105Z	36.527° NE	2026-02-18 16:24:25.105Z	102.806° ESE	25.128°	2026-02-18 16:27:25.105Z	152.341° SSE
5 mins	2026-02-18 17:58:25.105Z	327.75° NNW	2026-02-18 18:00:25.105Z	288.384° WNW	22.529°	2026-02-18 18:03:25.105Z	240.646° WSW
4 mins	2026-02-19 03:17:25.105Z	96.916° ESE	2026-02-19 03:19:25.105Z	58.103° ENE	20.594°	2026-02-19 03:21:25.105Z	25.665° NE
6 mins	2026-02-19 04:52:25.105Z	210.814° SW	2026-02-19 04:55:25.105Z	274.224° WNW	27.007°	2026-02-19 04:58:25.105Z	322.756° NNW

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GAOFEN 2, 40118

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-18T06:02:10.813Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2014 (2014-08-19 UTC)

GAOFEN 2 Visibility forecast

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