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GAOFEN 10R, 44622

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 10R, 44622 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 04 Oct 2019 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C 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

44622, 2019-066A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Strategic Support Troops (CN)

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

CS-L3000B?, Unknown motor

Mass

~3,000 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-10-04 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 3 Pan, 1.7 m

Radar Cross Section

10.846 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 10R
1 44622U 19066A   26259.97734616  .00000906  00000-0  11777-3 0  9998
2 44622  98.0597 214.2704 0005242 182.2980 177.8210 14.83169473375985

Epoch: 2026-09-16T23:27Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-16T23:27:22.708Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-133.49541°

Altitude

626.025 km

Speed

7.544 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 17m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

23:26:40

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

620.048 km

Perigee altitude

612.715 km

Semi-major axis

6,994.518 km

Eccentricity

0.00052

Inclination

98.0597°

RAAN

214.2704°

Arg. of periapsis

182.298°

True anomaly

177.82328°

Mean anomaly

177.821°

Eccentric anomaly

177.82214°

Mean motion

3.71028 °/min

Orbital period

97.03 mins

BSTAR

0.00011777

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GAOFEN 10R 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	2026-09-17 09:44:16.412Z	20.22° NNE	2026-09-17 09:48:16.412Z	117.273° SE	63.236°	2026-09-17 09:52:16.412Z	183.321° SSW
6 mins	2026-09-17 20:39:16.412Z	132.892° SE	2026-09-17 20:41:16.412Z	83.228° E	45.545°	2026-09-17 20:45:16.412Z	1.453° NNE

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GAOFEN 10R, 44622

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-16T23:27:22.708Z)

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Orbital elements

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