GAOFEN 14, 47231
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 14, 47231 is a payload satellite owned by Yaogan Zongti (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 06 Dec 2020 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
GF-14, Unknown motor
Mass
~6,500 kg wet, ~5,500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 7.5 m
Radar Cross Section
26.513 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 23 hours ago
TLE from 23 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 14
1 47231U 20092A 26172.53774285 .00006724 00000-0 26875-3 0 9999
2 47231 97.4719 242.7675 0006598 111.8311 248.3629 15.25430067308494Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:54Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:54:20.982Z)
Latitude
-0.00004°
Longitude
139.4435°
Altitude
494.264 km
Speed
7.617 km/s
True Right ascension
16h 11m 04s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
23:07:19
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
490.985 km
Perigee altitude
481.927 km
Semi-major axis
6,864.593 km
Eccentricity
0.00066
Inclination
97.4719°
RAAN
242.7675°
Arg. of periapsis
111.8311°
True anomaly
248.29264°
Mean anomaly
248.3629°
Eccentric anomaly
248.32777°
Mean motion
3.81611 °/min
Orbital period
94.34 mins
BSTAR
0.00026875
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Other satellites on launch #92 in the year 2020 (2020-12-06 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GAOFEN 14 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. |
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| 6 mins | 2026-06-22 17:48:02.856Z | 2.163° NNE | 2026-06-22 17:51:02.856Z | 285.185° WNW | 40.315° | 2026-06-22 17:54:02.856Z | 207.169° SW |
| 5 mins | 2026-06-23 04:25:02.856Z | 131.411° SE | 2026-06-23 04:27:02.856Z | 52.467° ENE | 34.215° | 2026-06-23 04:30:02.856Z | 1.049° NNE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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