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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3B, 46454

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3B, 46454 is a Chinese payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Tue, 15 Sep 2020 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 11 launch vehicle from the Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA). 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

46454, 2020-065A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-15 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 11

Launch site

Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 13 hours ago

TLE from 13 hours ago

0 JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3B
1 46454U 20065A   26092.25980728  .00389468  59286-4  12305-2 0  9991
2 46454  97.2267 151.1418 0002321 187.7219 172.4020 15.91275379308457

Epoch: 2026-04-02T06:14Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-02T06:14:07.348Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-132.99966°

Altitude

303.441 km

Speed

7.725 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 04m 34s

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

00:33:56

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

297.126 km

Perigee altitude

294.028 km

Semi-major axis

6,673.714 km

Eccentricity

0.00023

Inclination

97.2267°

RAAN

151.1418°

Arg. of periapsis

187.7219°

True anomaly

172.40552°

Mean anomaly

172.402°

Eccentric anomaly

172.40376°

Mean motion

3.981 °/min

Orbital period

90.43 mins

BSTAR

0.0012305

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Other satellites on launch #65 in the year 2020 (2020-09-15 UTC)

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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G, 46459

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3H, 46460

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3E, 46457

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3D, 46456 (Decayed)

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3C, 46455 (Decayed)

CZ-11 R/B, 46463 (Decayed)

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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3B, 46454

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-02T06:14:07.348Z)

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Other satellites on launch #65 in the year 2020 (2020-09-15 UTC)

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