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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

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)

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 6 hours ago

0 JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3H
1 46460U 20065G   25236.94724922  .00018532  00000-0  45570-3 0  9993
2 46460  97.2736 282.2630 0010653 359.4423   0.6810 15.40623926273920

Epoch: 2025-08-24T22:44Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-24T22:44:02.332Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-32.20707°

Altitude

440.12 km

Speed

7.652 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 49m 03s

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

19:34:07

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

448.464 km

Perigee altitude

433.935 km

Semi-major axis

6,819.336 km

Eccentricity

0.00107

Inclination

97.2736°

RAAN

282.263°

Arg. of periapsis

359.4423°

True anomaly

0.68245°

Mean anomaly

0.681°

Eccentric anomaly

0.68173°

Mean motion

3.85416 °/min

Orbital period

93.41 mins

BSTAR

0.0004557

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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 3G, 46459

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3I, 46461

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.
4 mins	2025-08-25 16:26:49.880Z	340.906° N	2025-08-25 16:28:49.880Z	283.055° WNW	28.786°	2025-08-25 16:30:49.880Z	230.364° WSW
4 mins	2025-08-26 02:56:49.880Z	139.138° SSE	2025-08-26 02:57:49.880Z	99.721° ESE	38.684°	2025-08-26 03:00:49.880Z	359.141° N