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
Orbit
Last TLE update
20 hours ago
Origin
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Imaging
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000, AOCS
Mass
805 kg wet, ~700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 20 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 1-02
1 43259U 18031A 25235.98849263 .00000661 00000-0 10158-3 0 9993
2 43259 97.7665 294.4768 0004199 221.3356 138.7537 14.76621677398843Epoch: 2025-08-23T23:43Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-23T23:43:25.763Z)
Latitude
-0.00002°
Longitude
-33.8959°
Altitude
645.246 km
Speed
7.534 km/s
True Right ascension
19h 37m 54s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
10:55:41
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
639.993 km
Perigee altitude
634.102 km
Semi-major axis
7,015.185 km
Eccentricity
0.00042
Inclination
97.7665°
RAAN
294.4768°
Arg. of periapsis
221.3356°
True anomaly
138.78541°
Mean anomaly
138.7537°
Eccentric anomaly
138.76956°
Mean motion
3.69389 °/min
Orbital period
97.46 mins
BSTAR
0.00010158
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Other satellites on launch #31 in the year 2018 (2018-03-31 UTC)
GAOFEN 1-02 Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined°
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. |
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| 7 mins | 2025-08-25 03:29:48.842Z | 141.497° SSE | 2025-08-25 03:33:48.842Z | 63.294° ENE | 34.197° | 2025-08-25 03:36:48.842Z | 6.448° NNE |
| 4 mins | 2025-08-25 05:08:48.842Z | 244.472° WSW | 2025-08-25 05:09:48.842Z | 259.792° W | 15.444° | 2025-08-25 05:12:48.842Z | 304.044° NW |
| 7 mins | 2025-08-25 16:57:48.842Z | 7.206° NNE | 2025-08-25 17:00:48.842Z | 260.227° W | 44.117° | 2025-08-25 17:04:48.842Z | 198.989° SSW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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