GAOFEN 11, 43585
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 11, 43585 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 31 Jul 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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
Last TLE update
5 hours ago
Origin
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
YW-5?, Unknown motor
Mass
~3,000 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 8 m
Radar Cross Section
9.231 m², Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 5 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 11
1 43585U 18063A 25129.54819413 .00012435 00000-0 28409-3 0 9998
2 43585 97.1820 194.9946 0006636 31.3280 328.8362 15.42965360377879Epoch: 2025-05-09T13:09Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T13:09:23.972Z)
Latitude
-0.00008°
Longitude
130.04197°
Altitude
436.621 km
Speed
7.652 km/s
True Right ascension
12h 59m 58s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization TLE readout
Latitude
6.53503°
Longitude
-48.91296°
Altitude
443.466 km
Speed
7.644 km/s
Apparent Right ascension
22h 17m 20s
Apparent Declination
-46° 22' 12"
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
02:45:18
Azimuth
221.092° SW
Elevation
-14.926°
Doppler factor
1
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Other satellites on launch #63 in the year 2018 (2018-07-31 UTC)
GAOFEN 11 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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| 4 mins | 2025-05-10 04:51:28.349Z | 206.127° SW | 2025-05-10 04:53:28.349Z | 263.446° W | 28.609° | 2025-05-10 04:55:28.349Z | 319.059° NNW |
| 4 mins | 2025-05-10 17:44:28.349Z | 334.602° NNW | 2025-05-10 17:46:28.349Z | 275.211° WNW | 25.742° | 2025-05-10 17:48:28.349Z | 230.794° WSW |
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