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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

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

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

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 (11 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, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 2
1 40118U 14049A   25192.22770423  .00000568  00000-0  81082-4 0  9990
2 40118  98.0583 250.9641 0003409 237.7448 122.3434 14.80565821588793

Epoch: 2025-07-11T05:27Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-11T05:27:53.645Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-120.39207°

Altitude

631.835 km

Speed

7.542 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 43m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-68.44971°

Longitude

-99.2449°

Altitude

651.853 km

Speed

7.531 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 50m 20s

Apparent Declination

-62° 53' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:56:20

Azimuth

207.046° SW

Elevation

-61.438°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

626.973 km

Perigee altitude

622.199 km

Semi-major axis

7,002.723 km

Eccentricity

0.00034

Inclination

98.0583°

RAAN

250.9641°

Arg. of periapsis

237.7448°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

122.3434°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.70376 °/min

Orbital period

97.2 mins

BSTAR

0.000081082

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

BRITE-PL 2, 40119

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

CZ-4C DEB, 44599 (Decayed)

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.
5 mins	2025-07-11 15:47:16.594Z	52.609° ENE	2025-07-11 15:50:16.594Z	97.854° ESE	16.757°	2025-07-11 15:52:16.594Z	128.507° SE
6 mins	2025-07-11 17:24:16.594Z	341.163° N	2025-07-11 17:26:16.594Z	292.674° NW	31.902°	2025-07-11 17:30:16.594Z	221.278° SW
6 mins	2025-07-12 04:18:16.594Z	190.803° SSW	2025-07-12 04:21:16.594Z	272.802° WNW	37.616°	2025-07-12 04:24:16.594Z	332.282° NNW

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