GAOFEN 12 04, 57654
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 12 04, 57654 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 20 Aug 2023 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SAST
Mission
Operational Defense Radar Imaging
Bus & Motor
CS-L3000B?, Unknown motor
Mass
~3,000 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 3 Pan, 4.0 m
Radar Cross Section
10.846 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 3 hours ago
TLE from 3 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 12 04
1 57654U 23123A 26008.65285874 .00001614 00000-0 22119-3 0 9999
2 57654 97.9134 289.0049 0001258 89.5337 270.6019 14.79797586129038Epoch: 2026-01-08T15:40Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-08T15:40:06.995Z)
Latitude
0°
Longitude
-54.22812°
Altitude
632.975 km
Speed
7.542 km/s
True Right ascension
19h 16m 01s
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
19:21:15
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
627.886 km
Perigee altitude
626.124 km
Semi-major axis
7,005.142 km
Eccentricity
0.00013
Inclination
97.9134°
RAAN
289.0049°
Arg. of periapsis
89.5337°
True anomaly
270.58749°
Mean anomaly
270.6019°
Eccentric anomaly
270.59469°
Mean motion
3.70184 °/min
Orbital period
97.25 mins
BSTAR
0.00022119
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Other satellites on launch #123 in the year 2023 (2023-08-20 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 12 04 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 | 2026-01-09 06:52:21.102Z | 47.39° ENE | 2026-01-09 06:54:21.102Z | 92.749° ESE | 29.724° | 2026-01-09 06:58:21.102Z | 163.201° S |
| 4 mins | 2026-01-09 08:29:21.102Z | 315.404° NNW | 2026-01-09 08:30:21.102Z | 297.245° NW | 18.987° | 2026-01-09 08:33:21.102Z | 249.763° W |
| 5 mins | 2026-01-09 17:47:21.102Z | 113.371° SE | 2026-01-09 17:49:21.102Z | 76.081° E | 24.266° | 2026-01-09 17:52:21.102Z | 19.956° NNE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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