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GAOFEN 1-02, 43259

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 1-02, 43259 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 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

43259, 2018-031A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, AOCS

Mass

805 kg wet, ~700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-03-31 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 1-02
1 43259U 18031A   26080.94189956  .00000311  00000-0  52188-4 0  9996
2 43259  98.0617 143.6747 0001708 297.8147  62.2889 14.76463547429829

Epoch: 2026-03-21T22:36Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-21T22:36:20.121Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-14.86451°

Altitude

642.964 km

Speed

7.537 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 34m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

11:09:08

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

638.76 km

Perigee altitude

636.364 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.699 km

Eccentricity

0.00017

Inclination

98.0617°

RAAN

143.6747°

Arg. of periapsis

297.8147°

True anomaly

62.30623°

Mean anomaly

62.2889°

Eccentric anomaly

62.29756°

Mean motion

3.69349 °/min

Orbital period

97.47 mins

BSTAR

0.000052188

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GAOFEN 1-02 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.
8 mins	2026-03-22 17:03:32.628Z	11.064° NNE	2026-03-22 17:07:32.628Z	303.429° NW	44.806°	2026-03-22 17:11:32.628Z	196.674° SSW
6 mins	2026-03-23 04:01:32.628Z	157.688° S	2026-03-23 04:03:32.628Z	126.629° SE	43.219°	2026-03-23 04:07:32.628Z	351.165° N

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GAOFEN 1-02, 43259

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-21T22:36:20.121Z)

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