GAOFEN 8, 40701
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 8, 40701 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 26 Jun 2015 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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GAOFEN 8 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 8 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | CAST |
| Mission | Operational Defense Imaging |
| Bus & Motor | YW-5?, Unknown motor |
| Mass | ~2,400 kg wet, ~2,400 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Box + 2 Pan, 8 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 9.231 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 8 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 8
1 40701U 15030A 24361.23174323 .00022762 00000-0 92255-3 0 9997
2 40701 97.6709 160.1757 0013316 299.6936 60.2975 15.24578353528891Epoch: 2024-12-26T05:33Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-26T05:33:42.615Z)
| Latitude | 0.00002° |
| Longitude | -18.46597° |
| Altitude | 490.616 km |
| Speed | 7.622 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 10h 40m 42s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 51.0563° |
| Longitude | 171.43436° |
| Altitude | 509.271 km |
| Speed | 7.609 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 00h 24m 48s |
| Apparent Declination | 8° 03' 43" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 13:21:45 |
| Azimuth | 18.604° NNE |
| Elevation | -40.248° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 498.167 km |
| Perigee altitude | 479.879 km |
| Semi-major axis | 6,867.16 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0013316 |
| Inclination | 97.6709° |
| RAAN | 160.1757° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 299.6936° |
| True anomaly | 60.43015° |
| Mean anomaly | 60.2975° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 60.36381° |
| Mean motion | 3.81397 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00092255 |
| Orbital period | 94.39 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 2015 (2015-06-26 UTC)
| GAOFEN 8, 40701 |
| CZ-4B R/B, 40702 (Decayed) |
| GAOFEN 8 DEB, 43422 (Decayed) |
| GAOFEN 8 DEB, 43423 (Decayed) |
GAOFEN 8 Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
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 | 2024-12-26 23:26:59.449Z | 23.563° NE | 2024-12-26 23:29:59.449Z | 86.868° E | 38.447° | 2024-12-26 23:32:59.449Z | 175.088° S |
| 4 mins | 2024-12-27 11:37:59.449Z | 227.996° WSW | 2024-12-27 11:39:59.449Z | 274.108° WNW | 20.418° | 2024-12-27 11:41:59.449Z | 311.76° NW |
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