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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

4 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, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 4 hours ago

0 JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G
1 46459U 20065F   25130.52708982  .00021450  00000-0  58951-3 0  9996
2 46459  97.2932 179.2222 0023173  87.1271 273.2625 15.36955779257579

Epoch: 2025-05-10T12:39Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-10T12:39:00.56Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

120.90227°

Altitude

457.369 km

Speed

7.639 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 56m 53s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-74.70434°

Longitude

148.81751°

Altitude

497.452 km

Speed

7.606 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 23m 55s

Apparent Declination

-57° 53' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:14:48

Azimuth

183.92° SSW

Elevation

-71.969°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

467.883 km

Perigee altitude

436.228 km

Semi-major axis

6,830.193 km

Eccentricity

0.0023173

Inclination

97.2932°

RAAN

179.2222°

Arg. of periapsis

87.1271°

True anomaly

272.99734°

Mean anomaly

273.2625°

Eccentric anomaly

273.12993°

Mean motion

3.84498 °/min

BSTAR

0.00058951

Orbital period

93.63 mins

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

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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.
5 mins	2025-05-11 02:51:17.586Z	135.166° SSE	2025-05-11 02:53:17.586Z	84.685° E	30.686°	2025-05-11 02:56:17.586Z	7.464° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-11 15:47:17.586Z	34.675° NE	2025-05-11 15:49:17.586Z	107.001° ESE	35.663°	2025-05-11 15:52:17.586Z	173.902° S

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