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GAOFEN 1-03, 43260

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 1-03, 43260 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

43260, 2018-031B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, AOCS

Mass

805 kg wet, ~700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-03-31 (7 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, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 1-03
1 43260U 18031B   25129.50906328  .00001063  00000-0  15930-3 0  9991
2 43260  97.7739 191.8627 0004308 244.1146 115.9621 14.76585832383121

Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:13Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:13:03.067Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

141.03573°

Altitude

644.467 km

Speed

7.535 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 47m 27s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-40.49344°

Longitude

-45.25596°

Altitude

652.847 km

Speed

7.531 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 09m 50s

Apparent Declination

-53° 17' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:32:02

Azimuth

231.137° WSW

Elevation

-51.35°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

640.184 km

Perigee altitude

634.139 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.299 km

Eccentricity

0.0004308

Inclination

97.7739°

RAAN

191.8627°

Arg. of periapsis

244.1146°

True anomaly

116.00647°

Mean anomaly

115.9621°

Eccentric anomaly

115.98429°

Mean motion

3.6938 °/min

BSTAR

0.0001593

Orbital period

97.46 mins

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Other satellites on launch #31 in the year 2018 (2018-03-31 UTC)

GAOFEN 1-03 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.
5 mins	2025-05-10 03:00:45.621Z	103.376° ESE	2025-05-10 03:03:45.621Z	58.433° ENE	16.375°	2025-05-10 03:05:45.621Z	29.678° NE
6 mins	2025-05-10 04:36:45.621Z	198.305° SSW	2025-05-10 04:39:45.621Z	271.423° WNW	34.154°	2025-05-10 04:42:45.621Z	328.401° NNW
6 mins	2025-05-10 16:27:45.621Z	43.541° NE	2025-05-10 16:29:45.621Z	86.595° E	30.915°	2025-05-10 16:33:45.621Z	163.547° S
4 mins	2025-05-10 18:04:45.621Z	320.583° NNW	2025-05-10 18:06:45.621Z	285.726° WNW	18.243°	2025-05-10 18:08:45.621Z	255.239° W

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