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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3H, 46460

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3H, 46460 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

46460, 2020-065G

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 3H
1 46460U 20065G   25130.55267748  .00020421  00000-0  56820-3 0  9991
2 46460  97.2842 176.6240 0012627  23.9835 336.1995 15.36777591257560

Epoch: 2025-05-10T13:15Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-10T13:15:51.334Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

109.06729°

Altitude

450.867 km

Speed

7.646 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 46m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-64.84141°

Longitude

-86.46242°

Altitude

486.751 km

Speed

7.617 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 06m 17s

Apparent Declination

-71° 17' 38"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:41:55

Azimuth

198.637° SSW

Elevation

-53.76°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

461.209 km

Perigee altitude

443.959 km

Semi-major axis

6,830.721 km

Eccentricity

0.0012627

Inclination

97.2842°

RAAN

176.624°

Arg. of periapsis

23.9835°

True anomaly

336.14102°

Mean anomaly

336.1995°

Eccentric anomaly

336.17027°

Mean motion

3.84453 °/min

BSTAR

0.0005682

Orbital period

93.64 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 3F, 46458

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G, 46459

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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3J, 46462

CZ-11 R/B, 46463 (Decayed)

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3H 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 03:27:20.482Z	192.805° SSW	2025-05-11 03:30:20.482Z	280.865° WNW	32.298°	2025-05-11 03:32:20.482Z	327.511° NNW
4 mins	2025-05-11 16:24:20.482Z	332.381° NNW	2025-05-11 16:25:20.482Z	303.45° NW	28.318°	2025-05-11 16:28:20.482Z	225.173° WSW

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