GAOFEN 8, 40701
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 8, 40701 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 26 Jun 2015 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
YW-5?, Unknown motor
Mass
~2,400 kg wet, ~2,400 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 4.0 m
Radar Cross Section
9.231 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago
TLE from 13 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 8
1 40701U 15030A 25348.33066728 .00014761 00000-0 38833-3 0 9995
2 40701 97.6911 166.5477 0011684 132.2562 227.9676 15.38609485582951Epoch: 2025-12-14T07:56Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-14T07:56:09.652Z)
Latitude
0.00007°
Longitude
-35.73766°
Altitude
458.676 km
Speed
7.634 km/s
True Right ascension
11h 06m 11s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
19:26:06
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
455.149 km
Perigee altitude
439.199 km
Semi-major axis
6,825.311 km
Eccentricity
0.00117
Inclination
97.6911°
RAAN
166.5477°
Arg. of periapsis
132.2562°
True anomaly
227.86825°
Mean anomaly
227.9676°
Eccentric anomaly
227.91791°
Mean motion
3.8491 °/min
Orbital period
93.53 mins
BSTAR
0.00038833
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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 2015 (2015-06-26 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GAOFEN 8 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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| 4 mins | 2025-12-15 00:07:28.542Z | 57.768° ENE | 2025-12-15 00:09:28.542Z | 98.487° ESE | 16.218° | 2025-12-15 00:11:28.542Z | 136.455° SSE |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-15 01:40:28.542Z | 326.637° NNW | 2025-12-15 01:42:28.542Z | 276.279° WNW | 19.987° | 2025-12-15 01:44:28.542Z | 238.773° WSW |
| 5 mins | 2025-12-15 12:10:28.542Z | 173.951° S | 2025-12-15 12:12:28.542Z | 299.29° NW | 43.912° | 2025-12-15 12:15:28.542Z | 344.759° N |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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