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GAOFEN 9 03, 45794

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 9 03, 45794 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 17 Jun 2020 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

45794, 2020-039A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

State Adm. for Science, Techn. and Industry for National Def (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-3000, AOCS

Mass

~1,700 kg wet, ~1,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-06-17 (5 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, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 9 03
1 45794U 20039A   25185.81130498  .00006110  00000-0  24880-3 0  9991
2 45794  97.4977 311.4106 0013138 222.7421 137.2795 15.24789132280697

Epoch: 2025-07-04T19:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-04T19:28:16.75Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

96.28247°

Altitude

501.15 km

Speed

7.61 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 45m 38s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

35.15933°

Longitude

91.32769°

Altitude

505.187 km

Speed

7.61 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 33m 57s

Apparent Declination

-1° 07' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:23:08

Azimuth

68.493° E

Elevation

-25.273°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

497.403 km

Perigee altitude

479.361 km

Semi-major axis

6,866.519 km

Eccentricity

0.00131

Inclination

97.4977°

RAAN

311.4106°

Arg. of periapsis

222.7421°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

137.2795°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.81451 °/min

Orbital period

94.38 mins

BSTAR

0.0002488

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Other satellites on launch #39 in the year 2020 (2020-06-17 UTC)

ZHEDA PIXING 3A, 45795 (Decayed)

HEAD-5, 45796 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 45797 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 45801 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 45802 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 45803 (Decayed)

GAOFEN 9 03 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.
6 mins	2025-07-05 08:12:04.126Z	152.136° SSE	2025-07-05 08:15:04.126Z	71.035° E	40.27°	2025-07-05 08:18:04.126Z	357.967° N
5 mins	2025-07-05 21:15:04.126Z	15.12° NNE	2025-07-05 21:17:04.126Z	138.856° SSE	44.775°	2025-07-05 21:20:04.126Z	190.741° SSW

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