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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Imaging
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000, AOCS
Mass
1,064 kg wet, ~900 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago
TLE from 8 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 6
1 43484U 18048A 25258.62374263 .00000644 00000-0 99189-4 0 9993
2 43484 97.8147 325.7878 0011749 347.8959 12.1967 14.76602500392874Epoch: 2025-09-15T14:58Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-15T14:58:11.363Z)
Latitude
-0.00003°
Longitude
106.41473°
Altitude
635.027 km
Speed
7.545 km/s
True Right ascension
21h 43m 09s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
15:08:30
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
645.353 km
Perigee altitude
628.868 km
Semi-major axis
7,015.248 km
Eccentricity
0.00117
Inclination
97.8147°
RAAN
325.7878°
Arg. of periapsis
347.8959°
True anomaly
12.22518°
Mean anomaly
12.1967°
Eccentric anomaly
12.21094°
Mean motion
3.69385 °/min
Orbital period
97.46 mins
BSTAR
0.000099189
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Other satellites on launch #48 in the year 2018 (2018-06-02 UTC)
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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. |
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| 7 mins | 2025-09-16 04:06:26.923Z | 141.392° SSE | 2025-09-16 04:10:26.923Z | 58.519° ENE | 34.11° | 2025-09-16 04:13:26.923Z | 5.276° NNE |
| 4 mins | 2025-09-16 05:45:26.923Z | 246.219° WSW | 2025-09-16 05:46:26.923Z | 261.673° W | 15.103° | 2025-09-16 05:49:26.923Z | 305.119° NW |
| 7 mins | 2025-09-16 17:34:26.923Z | 6.798° NNE | 2025-09-16 17:37:26.923Z | 248.19° W | 43.809° | 2025-09-16 17:41:26.923Z | 199.203° SSW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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