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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

3 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, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 3 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 1-03
1 43260U 18031B   25199.84841547  .00000613  00000-0  94728-4 0  9999
2 43260  97.7699 259.5872 0006510  39.8910 320.2778 14.76592498393508

Epoch: 2025-07-18T20:21Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T20:21:43.096Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

17.26365°

Altitude

639.608 km

Speed

7.54 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 18m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

27.58412°

Longitude

13.33347°

Altitude

639.089 km

Speed

7.543 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 07m 00s

Apparent Declination

-7° 36' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:32:02

Azimuth

80.329° E

Elevation

-23.015°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

641.707 km

Perigee altitude

632.573 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.277 km

Eccentricity

0.00065

Inclination

97.7699°

RAAN

259.5872°

Arg. of periapsis

39.891°

True anomaly

320.2301°

Mean anomaly

320.2778°

Eccentric anomaly

320.25395°

Mean motion

3.69382 °/min

Orbital period

97.46 mins

BSTAR

0.000094728

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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	2025-07-19 03:01:22.786Z	107.16° ESE	2025-07-19 03:04:22.786Z	58.239° ENE	18.59°	2025-07-19 03:06:22.786Z	27.619° NE
6 mins	2025-07-19 04:37:22.786Z	204.333° SW	2025-07-19 04:40:22.786Z	268.492° W	30.209°	2025-07-19 04:43:22.786Z	323.959° NNW
6 mins	2025-07-19 16:28:22.786Z	38.199° NE	2025-07-19 16:30:22.786Z	83.897° E	34.674°	2025-07-19 16:34:22.786Z	169.265° S
4 mins	2025-07-19 18:05:22.786Z	318.516° NNW	2025-07-19 18:07:22.786Z	286.465° WNW	15.77°	2025-07-19 18:09:22.786Z	258.39° W

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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