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). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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GAOFEN 6 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 10 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| 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 | 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 10 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 6
1 43484U 18048A 24348.74957797 .00001666 00000-0 24601-3 0 9995
2 43484 97.8469 58.2826 0013320 146.3479 213.8579 14.76494615352161Epoch: 2024-12-13T17:59Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-13T17:59:23.536Z)
| Latitude | -0.00009° |
| Longitude | 65.52346° |
| Altitude | 651.198 km |
| Speed | 7.528 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 03h 53m 07s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 74.72323° |
| Longitude | 35.81024° |
| Altitude | 649.706 km |
| Speed | 7.541 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 15h 04m 58s |
| Apparent Declination | 40° 56' 34" |
| Sunlit | Object is in full shadow |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 02:38:32 |
| Azimuth | 354.951° N |
| Elevation | -8.918° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 646.799 km |
| Perigee altitude | 628.109 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,015.591 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.001332 |
| Inclination | 97.8469° |
| RAAN | 58.2826° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 146.3479° |
| True anomaly | 213.77298° |
| Mean anomaly | 213.8579° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 213.81543° |
| Mean motion | 3.69357 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00024601 |
| Orbital period | 97.47 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #48 in the year 2018 (2018-06-02 UTC)
| GAOFEN 6, 43484 |
| LUOJIA-1 01, 43485 |
| CZ-2D R/B, 43486 |
| CZ-2D DEB, 43487 |
| CZ-2D DEB, 43490 |
| CZ-2D DEB, 44619 |
GAOFEN 6 Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
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 | 2024-12-14 05:29:42.735Z | 201.575° SSW | 2024-12-14 05:32:42.735Z | 251.727° W | 28.836° | 2024-12-14 05:36:42.735Z | 325.847° NNW |
| 7 mins | 2024-12-14 17:20:42.735Z | 31.568° NE | 2024-12-14 17:23:42.735Z | 101.482° ESE | 36.057° | 2024-12-14 17:27:42.735Z | 172.982° S |
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