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GAOFEN-5, 43461

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN-5, 43461 is a payload satellite owned by GWHYZ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 08 May 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

43461, 2018-043A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

National Satellite Oceanic Applications Center (CN)

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SAST-5000B, Unknown motor

Mass

2,700 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-05-08 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 3 Pan, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

10.846 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

0 GAOFEN-5
1 43461U 18043A   26171.34997235  .00000232  00000-0  57864-4 0  9994
2 43461  98.4569 143.0025 0003017  78.1831 281.9707 14.60607261432157

Epoch: 2026-06-20T08:23Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T08:23:57.611Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

108.44659°

Altitude

693.75 km

Speed

7.51 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 32m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:32:32

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

690.438 km

Perigee altitude

686.174 km

Semi-major axis

7,066.443 km

Eccentricity

0.0003

Inclination

98.4569°

RAAN

143.0025°

Arg. of periapsis

78.1831°

True anomaly

281.93688°

Mean anomaly

281.9707°

Eccentric anomaly

281.95379°

Mean motion

3.65378 °/min

Orbital period

98.53 mins

BSTAR

0.000057864

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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.
7 mins	2026-06-22 11:55:31.068Z	348.354° N	2026-06-22 11:59:31.068Z	288.943° WNW	23.946°	2026-06-22 12:02:31.068Z	241.929° WSW
6 mins	2026-06-22 21:23:31.068Z	112.716° SE	2026-06-22 21:25:31.068Z	72.371° E	27.444°	2026-06-22 21:29:31.068Z	8.782° NNE
6 mins	2026-06-22 23:00:31.068Z	220.154° SW	2026-06-22 23:03:31.068Z	272.627° WNW	22.741°	2026-06-22 23:06:31.068Z	316.42° NNW

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GAOFEN-5, 43461

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T08:23:57.611Z)

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