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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

Last TLE update

3 hours ago

Origin

National Satellite Oceanic Applications Center (CN / PRC)

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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TLE from 3 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 3
1 41727U 16049A   25199.86254854  .00000023  00000-0  20294-4 0  9995
2 41727  98.4034 207.6345 0001995  88.9754 271.1664 14.42219128470599

Epoch: 2025-07-18T20:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T20:42:04.193Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-39.79088°

Altitude

754.102 km

Speed

7.477 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 50m 32s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-59.29263°

Longitude

125.99897°

Altitude

775.31 km

Speed

7.465 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 32m 13s

Apparent Declination

-50° 05' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:16:11

Azimuth

194.181° SSW

Elevation

-79.448°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

749.712 km

Perigee altitude

746.869 km

Semi-major axis

7,126.427 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

98.4034°

RAAN

207.6345°

Arg. of periapsis

88.9754°

True anomaly

271.14354°

Mean anomaly

271.1664°

Eccentric anomaly

271.15497°

Mean motion

3.60774 °/min

Orbital period

99.79 mins

BSTAR

0.000020294

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2016 (2016-08-09 UTC)

GAOFEN 3 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.
9 mins	2025-07-19 00:08:34.324Z	149.303° SSE	2025-07-19 00:13:34.324Z	62.63° ENE	39.336°	2025-07-19 00:17:34.324Z	357.811° N
4 mins	2025-07-19 01:50:34.324Z	243.52° WSW	2025-07-19 01:52:34.324Z	270.651° WNW	15.234°	2025-07-19 01:54:34.324Z	296.883° NW
5 mins	2025-07-19 12:18:34.324Z	65.683° ENE	2025-07-19 12:20:34.324Z	94.686° ESE	17.328°	2025-07-19 12:23:34.324Z	133.543° SE
7 mins	2025-07-19 13:56:34.324Z	351.515° N	2025-07-19 13:59:34.324Z	280.944° WNW	36.647°	2025-07-19 14:03:34.324Z	217.222° SW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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