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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

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

State Adm. for Science, Techn. and Industry for National Def (CN)

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 (8 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, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 6
1 43484U 18048A   26256.31078663  .00000246  00000-0  42959-4 0  9994
2 43484  98.0891 319.1304 0009340 245.1729 114.8510 14.76438238446399

Epoch: 2026-09-13T07:27Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-13T07:27:31.964Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-145.06005°

Altitude

646.361 km

Speed

7.533 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 16m 31s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

09:53:01

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

644.196 km

Perigee altitude

631.091 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.781 km

Eccentricity

0.00093

Inclination

98.0891°

RAAN

319.1304°

Arg. of periapsis

245.1729°

True anomaly

114.94807°

Mean anomaly

114.851°

Eccentric anomaly

114.89954°

Mean motion

3.69342 °/min

Orbital period

97.47 mins

BSTAR

0.000042959

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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	2026-09-13 17:46:38.414Z	354.054° N	2026-09-13 17:50:38.414Z	283.03° WNW	36.354°	2026-09-13 17:53:38.414Z	228.28° WSW
7 mins	2026-09-14 04:43:38.414Z	192.532° SSW	2026-09-14 04:46:38.414Z	251.542° W	45.306°	2026-09-14 04:50:38.414Z	332.157° NNW
6 mins	2026-09-14 16:34:38.414Z	39.728° NE	2026-09-14 16:37:38.414Z	98.842° ESE	34.211°	2026-09-14 16:40:38.414Z	156.166° SSE

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GAOFEN 6, 43484

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-13T07:27:31.964Z)

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