GAOFEN 3, 41727
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 3, 41727 is a payload satellite owned by GWHYZ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 09 Aug 2016 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C 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 3 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 6 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | CAST |
| Mission | Operational Civil Radar Imaging |
| Bus & Motor | CS-L3000B, Unknown motor |
| Mass | ~2,779 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Box + 3 Pan, 8 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 10.846 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 6 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 3
1 41727U 16049A 24361.81926595 .00000309 00000-0 10694-3 0 9997
2 41727 98.4050 6.6365 0001105 82.2163 277.9152 14.42220546441185Epoch: 2024-12-26T19:39Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-26T19:39:44.578Z)
| Latitude | -0.00001° |
| Longitude | -24.09243° |
| Altitude | 754.017 km |
| Speed | 7.478 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 00h 26m 32s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | -56.34292° |
| Longitude | 143.40564° |
| Altitude | 773.713 km |
| Speed | 7.466 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 12h 27m 36s |
| Apparent Declination | -49° 00' 03" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 01:08:54 |
| Azimuth | 144.482° SSE |
| Elevation | -78.325° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 749.073 km |
| Perigee altitude | 747.498 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,126.423 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001105 |
| Inclination | 98.405° |
| RAAN | 6.6365° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 82.2163° |
| True anomaly | 277.90266° |
| Mean anomaly | 277.9152° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 277.90893° |
| Mean motion | 3.60774 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00010694 |
| Orbital period | 99.79 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2016 (2016-08-09 UTC)
| GAOFEN 3, 41727 |
| CZ-4C R/B, 41728 |
| GAOFEN 3 DEB, 42678 |
| GAOFEN 3 DEB, 42679 |
| GAOFEN 3 DEB, 42680 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43601 |
GAOFEN 3 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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| 9 mins | 2024-12-27 12:53:12.158Z | 28.39° NE | 2024-12-27 12:58:12.158Z | 110.3° ESE | 32.937° | 2024-12-27 13:02:12.158Z | 167.379° S |
| 5 mins | 2024-12-27 14:34:12.158Z | 327.125° NNW | 2024-12-27 14:36:12.158Z | 295.458° NW | 20.87° | 2024-12-27 14:39:12.158Z | 251.844° W |
| 8 mins | 2024-12-28 00:06:12.158Z | 140.93° SSE | 2024-12-28 00:09:12.158Z | 91.642° ESE | 36.865° | 2024-12-28 00:14:12.158Z | 358.549° N |
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