GAOFEN 1-04, 43262
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 1-04, 43262 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 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 1-04 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 7 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | DFH |
| Mission | Operational Civil Imaging |
| Bus & Motor | CAST-2000, AOCS |
| Mass | 805 kg wet, ~700 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Box + 2 Pan, 4 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 4.991 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 7 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 1-04
1 43262U 18031D 24361.17522452 .00002386 00000-0 34869-3 0 9996
2 43262 97.7990 62.4375 0001885 15.6300 344.4968 14.76597483363299Epoch: 2024-12-26T04:12Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-26T04:12:19.398Z)
| Latitude | -0.00005° |
| Longitude | -95.80171° |
| Altitude | 641.83 km |
| Speed | 7.538 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 04h 09m 45s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | -3.60955° |
| Longitude | 84.00108° |
| Altitude | 644.938 km |
| Speed | 7.534 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 18h 42m 38s |
| Apparent Declination | -30° 15' 10" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 10:53:42 |
| Azimuth | 99.808° ESE |
| Elevation | -38.789° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 638.448 km |
| Perigee altitude | 635.803 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,015.263 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001885 |
| Inclination | 97.799° |
| RAAN | 62.4375° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 15.63° |
| True anomaly | 344.49103° |
| Mean anomaly | 344.4968° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 344.49391° |
| Mean motion | 3.69383 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00034869 |
| Orbital period | 97.46 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #31 in the year 2018 (2018-03-31 UTC)
| GAOFEN 1-02, 43259 |
| GAOFEN 1-03, 43260 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43261 |
| GAOFEN 1-04, 43262 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43263 |
| CZ-4C R/B, 43264 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43265 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43266 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 43270 |
| CZ-4C DEB, 44616 |
GAOFEN 1-04 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 mins | 2024-12-26 16:11:21.014Z | 56.791° ENE | 2024-12-26 16:13:21.014Z | 87.659° E | 17.758° | 2024-12-26 16:16:21.014Z | 134.147° SE |
| 6 mins | 2024-12-26 17:47:21.014Z | 348.135° N | 2024-12-26 17:50:21.014Z | 286.652° WNW | 31.114° | 2024-12-26 17:53:21.014Z | 228.107° WSW |
| 6 mins | 2024-12-27 04:44:21.014Z | 197.061° SSW | 2024-12-27 04:46:21.014Z | 244.257° WSW | 36.344° | 2024-12-27 04:50:21.014Z | 333.391° NNW |
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