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GAOFEN 4, 41194

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 4, 41194 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 28 Dec 2015 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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

41194, 2015-083A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

DFH-4, DFH-4 LAE

Mass

~5,000 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-12-28 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 30 m

Radar Cross Section

34.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 4
1 41194U 15083A   25185.90705954 -.00000320  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 41194   0.0372  94.8759 0000556 323.0909 297.4412  1.00271479 35049

Epoch: 2025-07-04T21:46Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-04T21:46:09.944Z)

Latitude

-0.03817°

Longitude

105.71191°

Altitude

35,785.103 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 41m 37s

True Declination

0° 02' 17"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.03437°

Longitude

-123.35157°

Altitude

35,785.342 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 12m 58s

Apparent Declination

-4° 58' 44"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:22:00

Azimuth

317.111° NNW

Elevation

-47.051°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,790.096 km

Perigee altitude

35,785.407 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.888 km

Eccentricity

0.00006

Inclination

0.0372°

RAAN

94.8759°

Arg. of periapsis

323.0909°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

297.4412°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.15 mins

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