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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
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
1
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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