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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   26046.29789118  .00001017  00000-0  15278-3 0  9992
2 43484  97.7928 113.3644 0011482 205.8500 154.2138 14.76556042415403

Epoch: 2026-02-15T07:08Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-15T07:08:57.797Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-139.18502°

Altitude

650.495 km

Speed

7.529 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 33m 27s

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

19:08:52

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

645.312 km

Perigee altitude

629.202 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.394 km

Eccentricity

0.00115

Inclination

97.7928°

RAAN

113.3644°

Arg. of periapsis

205.85°

True anomaly

154.27096°

Mean anomaly

154.2138°

Eccentric anomaly

154.24239°

Mean motion

3.69373 °/min

Orbital period

97.46 mins

BSTAR

0.00015278

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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.
7 mins	2026-02-15 17:28:35.502Z	4.15° NNE	2026-02-15 17:32:35.502Z	252.515° W	40.878°	2026-02-15 17:35:35.502Z	206.536° SW
7 mins	2026-02-16 04:25:35.502Z	168.898° S	2026-02-16 04:28:35.502Z	308.554° NW	44.8°	2026-02-16 04:32:35.502Z	346.547° N
4 mins	2026-02-16 16:17:35.502Z	69.447° E	2026-02-16 16:18:35.502Z	86.864° E	18.478°	2026-02-16 16:21:35.502Z	135.052° SSE

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GAOFEN 6, 43484

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-15T07:08:57.797Z)

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