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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: 20 hours ago

TLE from 20 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 3
1 41727U 16049A   25249.25923111  .00000142  00000-0  56187-4 0  9995
2 41727  98.4058 256.3012 0000786  66.6934 293.4338 14.42238943477720

Epoch: 2025-09-06T06:13Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-06T06:13:17.567Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

177.38239°

Altitude

753.842 km

Speed

7.478 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 05m 12s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:07:17

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

748.785 km

Perigee altitude

747.665 km

Semi-major axis

7,126.362 km

Eccentricity

0.00008

Inclination

98.4058°

RAAN

256.3012°

Arg. of periapsis

66.6934°

True anomaly

293.42554°

Mean anomaly

293.4338°

Eccentric anomaly

293.42967°

Mean motion

3.60779 °/min

Orbital period

99.78 mins

BSTAR

0.000056187

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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	2025-09-07 12:46:07.767Z	31.557° NE	2025-09-07 12:51:07.767Z	110.415° ESE	29.556°	2025-09-07 12:55:07.767Z	163.233° S
6 mins	2025-09-07 14:27:07.767Z	328.399° NNW	2025-09-07 14:29:07.767Z	293.94° NW	23.369°	2025-09-07 14:33:07.767Z	239.286° WSW
8 mins	2025-09-07 23:59:07.767Z	134.884° SE	2025-09-08 00:02:07.767Z	84.732° E	34.052°	2025-09-08 00:07:07.767Z	0.897° NNE
5 mins	2025-09-08 01:39:07.767Z	232.718° WSW	2025-09-08 01:41:07.767Z	261.833° W	19.016°	2025-09-08 01:44:07.767Z	305.172° NW