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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: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 6
1 43484U 18048A   26316.28750808  .00001015  00000-0  15310-3 0  9990
2 43484  98.0803  19.1584 0011826  59.0943 301.1428 14.76498168455242

Epoch: 2026-11-12T06:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-12T06:54:00.698Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-135.76768°

Altitude

639.125 km

Speed

7.541 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 16m 38s

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

12:17:34

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

645.75 km

Perigee altitude

629.157 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.59 km

Eccentricity

0.00118

Inclination

98.0803°

RAAN

19.1584°

Arg. of periapsis

59.0943°

True anomaly

301.02673°

Mean anomaly

301.1428°

Eccentric anomaly

301.08477°

Mean motion

3.69357 °/min

Orbital period

97.47 mins

BSTAR

0.0001531

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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.
8 mins	2026-11-12 17:12:53.340Z	13.256° NNE	2026-11-12 17:16:53.340Z	21.716° NNE	72.976°	2026-11-12 17:20:53.340Z	192.756° SSW
7 mins	2026-11-13 04:10:53.340Z	153.561° SSE	2026-11-13 04:13:53.340Z	51.084° ENE	66.964°	2026-11-13 04:17:53.340Z	352.671° N

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GAOFEN 6, 43484

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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