JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3C, 46455
Orbit data source: Space-Track
JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3C, 46455 is a payload satellite owned by Changguang WJ (CN) 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
Orbit
Last TLE update
6 hours ago
Origin
CGSTL (CN / PRC)Manufacturer
Changguang WJ
Mission
Operational Commercial Imaging
Bus & Motor
JL-1, Unknown motor
Mass
42 kg wet, 42 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 0.8 m
Radar Cross Section
2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
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TLE from 6 hours ago
0 JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3C
1 46455U 20065B 25236.93072571 .00037759 00000-0 58857-3 0 9996
2 46455 97.2711 285.7347 0005087 135.1547 225.0118 15.53758250274154Epoch: 2025-08-24T22:20Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-24T22:20:14.701Z)
Latitude
-0.00007°
Longitude
-22.77061°
Altitude
411.346 km
Speed
7.663 km/s
True Right ascension
19h 02m 56s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
19:33:17
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
406.129 km
Perigee altitude
399.23 km
Semi-major axis
6,780.817 km
Eccentricity
0.00051
Inclination
97.2711°
RAAN
285.7347°
Arg. of periapsis
135.1547°
True anomaly
224.97059°
Mean anomaly
225.0118°
Eccentric anomaly
224.99119°
Mean motion
3.88705 °/min
Orbital period
92.62 mins
BSTAR
0.00058857
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Other satellites on launch #65 in the year 2020 (2020-09-15 UTC)
JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3C 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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| 5 mins | 2025-08-25 15:54:00.348Z | 28.1° NE | 2025-08-25 15:56:00.348Z | 70.987° E | 33.083° | 2025-08-25 15:59:00.348Z | 171.298° S |
| 5 mins | 2025-08-26 03:50:00.348Z | 200.584° SSW | 2025-08-26 03:52:00.348Z | 246.628° WSW | 27.169° | 2025-08-26 03:55:00.348Z | 326.182° NNW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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