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GAOFEN 9 05, 46232

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 9 05, 46232 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 23 Aug 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

46232, 2020-058A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 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)

2020-08-23 (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 5 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 9 05
1 46232U 20058A   25134.17448068  .00006503  00000-0  26217-3 0  9990
2 46232  97.2618 180.6629 0011008  85.0902 275.1593 15.25101975262668

Epoch: 2025-05-14T04:11Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-14T04:11:15.13Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-114.31278°

Altitude

492.909 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 02m 39s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

28.92048°

Longitude

-118.13146°

Altitude

489.885 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 04m 23s

Apparent Declination

-5° 51' 18"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:31:16

Azimuth

290.833° WNW

Elevation

-31.443°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

494.99 km

Perigee altitude

479.875 km

Semi-major axis

6,865.569 km

Eccentricity

0.0011008

Inclination

97.2618°

RAAN

180.6629°

Arg. of periapsis

85.0902°

True anomaly

275.03365°

Mean anomaly

275.1593°

Eccentric anomaly

275.09648°

Mean motion

3.8153 °/min

BSTAR

0.00026217

Orbital period

94.36 mins

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GAOFEN 9 05 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	2025-05-14 15:46:18.015Z	19.154° NNE	2025-05-14 15:49:18.015Z	102.971° ESE	42.358°	2025-05-14 15:52:18.015Z	182.444° SSW

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