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GAOFEN 6, 43484

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 6, 43484 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 02 Jun 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

43484, 2018-048A

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

1,064 kg wet, ~900 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-06-02 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

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 3 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 6
1 43484U 18048A   25129.19172123  .00001055  00000-0  15791-3 0  9996
2 43484  97.8241 200.3981 0013622  43.3595 316.8684 14.76622603373772

Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:36Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:36:04.714Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-95.87293°

Altitude

636.052 km

Speed

7.544 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 21m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-18.50033°

Longitude

81.60784°

Altitude

655.906 km

Speed

7.524 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 04m 06s

Apparent Declination

-29° 25' 01"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:16:19

Azimuth

60.179° ENE

Elevation

-71.874°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

646.603 km

Perigee altitude

627.491 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.184 km

Eccentricity

0.0013622

Inclination

97.8241°

RAAN

200.3981°

Arg. of periapsis

43.3595°

True anomaly

316.76155°

Mean anomaly

316.8684°

Eccentric anomaly

316.81499°

Mean motion

3.6939 °/min

BSTAR

0.00015791

Orbital period

97.46 mins

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Other satellites on launch #48 in the year 2018 (2018-06-02 UTC)

GAOFEN 6 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.
6 mins	2025-05-09 16:34:22.241Z	49.498° ENE	2025-05-09 16:37:22.241Z	93.879° ESE	17.935°	2025-05-09 16:40:22.241Z	137.777° SSE
6 mins	2025-05-09 18:11:22.241Z	344.892° N	2025-05-09 18:14:22.241Z	275.463° WNW	30.577°	2025-05-09 18:17:22.241Z	225.674° WSW
7 mins	2025-05-10 05:07:22.241Z	191.66° SSW	2025-05-10 05:10:22.241Z	259.031° W	36.555°	2025-05-10 05:14:22.241Z	334.705° NNW

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