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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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Identifier

40701, 2015-030A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (PLA) (CN)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

YW-5?, Unknown motor

Mass

~2,400 kg wet, ~2,400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-06-26 (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, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

9.231 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 4 hours ago

TLE from 4 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 8
1 40701U 15030A   25364.84663487  .00033547  00000-0  85821-3 0  9996
2 40701  97.6899 183.8779 0011484  76.2443 284.0079 15.39291813585492

Epoch: 2025-12-30T20:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-30T20:19:09.252Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

139.56531°

Altitude

449.421 km

Speed

7.644 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 15m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

00:07:38

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

452.991 km

Perigee altitude

437.319 km

Semi-major axis

6,823.292 km

Eccentricity

0.00115

Inclination

97.6899°

RAAN

183.8779°

Arg. of periapsis

76.2443°

True anomaly

283.88017°

Mean anomaly

284.0079°

Eccentric anomaly

283.94404°

Mean motion

3.85081 °/min

Orbital period

93.49 mins

BSTAR

0.00085821

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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 2015 (2015-06-26 UTC)

GAOFEN 8 DEB, 43423 (Decayed)

CZ-4B R/B, 40702 (Decayed)

GAOFEN 8 DEB, 43422 (Decayed)

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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.
5 mins	2025-12-31 01:33:20.234Z	345.7° N	2025-12-31 01:35:20.234Z	303.92° NW	25.666°	2025-12-31 01:38:20.234Z	228.959° WSW
4 mins	2025-12-31 12:04:20.234Z	153.647° SSE	2025-12-31 12:05:20.234Z	129.731° SE	41.174°	2025-12-31 12:08:20.234Z	353.405° N

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GAOFEN 8, 40701

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 4 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-30T20:19:09.252Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 2015 (2015-06-26 UTC)

GAOFEN 8 Visibility forecast

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