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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3J, 46462

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3J, 46462 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

46462, 2020-065J

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 3J
1 46462U 20065J   25236.98946777  .00027095  00000-0  54367-3 0  9991
2 46462  97.2755 285.0295 0006910 127.8895 232.2981 15.46637375274047

Epoch: 2025-08-24T23:44Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-24T23:44:50.015Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-44.68086°

Altitude

432.58 km

Speed

7.65 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 00m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

19:33:17

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

428.196 km

Perigee altitude

418.796 km

Semi-major axis

6,801.633 km

Eccentricity

0.00069

Inclination

97.2755°

RAAN

285.0295°

Arg. of periapsis

127.8895°

True anomaly

232.23548°

Mean anomaly

232.2981°

Eccentric anomaly

232.26679°

Mean motion

3.86922 °/min

Orbital period

93.04 mins

BSTAR

0.00054367

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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G, 46459

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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3J 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	2025-08-25 15:49:59.956Z	26.693° NE	2025-08-25 15:52:59.956Z	114.682° SE	34.634°	2025-08-25 15:54:59.956Z	168.143° S

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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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3J, 46462

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE from 5 hours ago

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-24T23:44:50.015Z)

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Orbital elements

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

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3J Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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