GAOFEN 11-05, 60249
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 11-05, 60249 is a payload satellite owned by Yaogan Zongti (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 19 Jul 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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/YWZB
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
JB-16, Unknown motor
Mass
~3,000 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 4.0 m
Radar Cross Section
9.231 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago
TLE from 6 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 11-05
1 60249U 24130A 26316.87749339 .00005670 00000-0 23940-3 0 9998
2 60249 97.3883 33.0350 0003156 138.3132 221.8346 15.23655041108109Epoch: 2026-11-12T21:03Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-12T21:03:35.428Z)
Latitude
-0.00006°
Longitude
25.13271°
Altitude
499.54 km
Speed
7.614 km/s
True Right ascension
02h 12m 08s
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
23:35:17
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
493.955 km
Perigee altitude
489.619 km
Semi-major axis
6,869.924 km
Eccentricity
0.00032
Inclination
97.3883°
RAAN
33.035°
Arg. of periapsis
138.3132°
True anomaly
221.81049°
Mean anomaly
221.8346°
Eccentric anomaly
221.82254°
Mean motion
3.81167 °/min
Orbital period
94.45 mins
BSTAR
0.0002394
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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 11-05 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 | 2026-11-13 05:03:44.633Z | 154.777° SSE | 2026-11-13 05:06:44.633Z | 107.194° ESE | 55.517° | 2026-11-13 05:09:44.633Z | 359.229° N |
| 5 mins | 2026-11-13 18:07:44.633Z | 11.729° NNE | 2026-11-13 18:09:44.633Z | 204.695° SW | 86.175° | 2026-11-13 18:12:44.633Z | 193.236° SSW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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