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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G, 46459

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G, 46459 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

46459, 2020-065F

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 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)

2020-09-15 (5 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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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G
1 46459U 20065F   25236.96827188  .00020196  00000-0  48806-3 0  9995
2 46459  97.2825 285.0788 0020492  64.8170 295.5199 15.40969557273940

Epoch: 2025-08-24T23:14Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-24T23:14:18.69Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-36.98015°

Altitude

440.369 km

Speed

7.651 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 00m 18s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:31:32

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

454.151 km

Perigee altitude

426.207 km

Semi-major axis

6,818.316 km

Eccentricity

0.00205

Inclination

97.2825°

RAAN

285.0788°

Arg. of periapsis

64.817°

True anomaly

295.30776°

Mean anomaly

295.5199°

Eccentric anomaly

295.41385°

Mean motion

3.85503 °/min

Orbital period

93.38 mins

BSTAR

0.00048806

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

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3B, 46454

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3C, 46455

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3D, 46456

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3E, 46457

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3F, 46458

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3H, 46460

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3I, 46461

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3J, 46462

CZ-11 R/B, 46463 (Decayed)

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G 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.
4 mins	2025-08-25 15:24:15.205Z	58.875° ENE	2025-08-25 15:26:15.205Z	104.853° ESE	18.106°	2025-08-25 15:28:15.205Z	142.513° SSE
4 mins	2025-08-26 03:26:15.205Z	177.927° S	2025-08-26 03:28:15.205Z	319.284° NNW	40.891°	2025-08-26 03:30:15.205Z	342.996° N