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: 19 hours ago
TLE from 19 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 11-05
1 60249U 24130A 25306.52684817 .00007586 00000-0 31917-3 0 9998
2 60249 97.4240 22.6607 0004580 176.2175 183.9097 15.23661175 50951Epoch: 2025-11-02T12:38Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-02T12:38:39.681Z)
Latitude
-0.0001°
Longitude
150.95407°
Altitude
501.045 km
Speed
7.612 km/s
True Right ascension
01h 30m 38s
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
03:41:19
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
494.917 km
Perigee altitude
488.624 km
Semi-major axis
6,869.907 km
Eccentricity
0.00046
Inclination
97.424°
RAAN
22.6607°
Arg. of periapsis
176.2175°
True anomaly
183.90612°
Mean anomaly
183.9097°
Eccentric anomaly
183.90791°
Mean motion
3.81168 °/min
Orbital period
94.45 mins
BSTAR
0.00031917
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Other satellites on launch #130 in the year 2024 (2024-07-19 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 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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| 5 mins | 2025-11-03 17:35:28.777Z | 39.472° NE | 2025-11-03 17:37:28.777Z | 84.094° E | 28.519° | 2025-11-03 17:40:28.777Z | 158.919° S |
| 5 mins | 2025-11-04 05:45:28.777Z | 204.587° SW | 2025-11-04 05:47:28.777Z | 251.446° W | 29.116° | 2025-11-04 05:50:28.777Z | 324.383° NNW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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