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GAOFEN 1-04, 43262

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 1-04, 43262 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

43262, 2018-031D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

14 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 14 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 1-04
1 43262U 18031D   25129.28142334  .00001159  00000-0  17305-3 0  9991
2 43262  97.7748 191.7861 0000867 197.6429 162.4751 14.76576128383088

Epoch: 2025-05-09T06:45Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T06:45:14.976Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-136.86611°

Altitude

643.753 km

Speed

7.536 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 47m 08s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-67.50715°

Longitude

-117.14623°

Altitude

665.702 km

Speed

7.523 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 10m 03s

Apparent Declination

-56° 24' 15"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:16:05

Azimuth

152.22° SSE

Elevation

-70.286°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

637.801 km

Perigee altitude

636.584 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.329 km

Eccentricity

0.0000867

Inclination

97.7748°

RAAN

191.7861°

Arg. of periapsis

197.6429°

True anomaly

162.47809°

Mean anomaly

162.4751°

Eccentric anomaly

162.4766°

Mean motion

3.69378 °/min

BSTAR

0.00017305

Orbital period

97.46 mins

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GAOFEN 1-04 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	2025-05-10 04:00:50.841Z	160.115° S	2025-05-10 04:04:50.841Z	71.013° E	44.059°	2025-05-10 04:08:50.841Z	351.55° N
4 mins	2025-05-10 15:53:50.841Z	71.106° E	2025-05-10 15:54:50.841Z	86.524° E	15.158°	2025-05-10 15:57:50.841Z	129.682° SE
7 mins	2025-05-10 17:28:50.841Z	353.024° N	2025-05-10 17:31:50.841Z	290.458° WNW	34.775°	2025-05-10 17:35:50.841Z	217.056° SW

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