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GAOFEN 3, 41727

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 3, 41727 is a payload satellite owned by GWHYZ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 09 Aug 2016 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C 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

41727, 2016-049A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

National Satellite Oceanic Applications Center (CN)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Civil Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

CS-L3000B, Unknown motor

Mass

~2,779 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-08-09 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 3 Pan, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

10.846 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 13 hours ago

TLE from 13 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 3
1 41727U 16049A   25359.29237979  .00000225  00000-0  81459-4 0  9993
2 41727  98.4036   4.6869 0001099  55.1491 304.9802 14.42217077493580

Epoch: 2025-12-25T07:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-25T07:01:01.613Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

165.38067°

Altitude

753.688 km

Speed

7.478 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 18m 44s

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

19:08:22

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

749.08 km

Perigee altitude

747.514 km

Semi-major axis

7,126.434 km

Eccentricity

0.00011

Inclination

98.4036°

RAAN

4.6869°

Arg. of periapsis

55.1491°

True anomaly

304.96988°

Mean anomaly

304.9802°

Eccentric anomaly

304.97504°

Mean motion

3.60774 °/min

Orbital period

99.79 mins

BSTAR

0.000081459

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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.
8 mins	2025-12-25 23:47:32.105Z	132.94° SE	2025-12-25 23:51:32.105Z	79.583° E	29.333°	2025-12-25 23:55:32.105Z	10.278° NNE
6 mins	2025-12-26 01:28:32.105Z	228.366° WSW	2025-12-26 01:30:32.105Z	262.32° W	23.229°	2025-12-26 01:34:32.105Z	318.888° NNW
8 mins	2025-12-26 13:34:32.105Z	8.752° NNE	2025-12-26 13:37:32.105Z	332.623° NNW	43.728°	2025-12-26 13:42:32.105Z	199.696° SSW

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GAOFEN 3, 41727

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-25T07:01:01.613Z)

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