GAOFEN 6, 43484
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 6, 43484 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 02 Jun 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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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43484 intel report (Beta)
GAOFEN 6 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 6 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | DFH |
| Mission | Operational Civil Imaging |
| Bus & Motor | CAST-2000, AOCS |
| Mass | 1,064 kg wet, ~900 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 6 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 6
1 43484U 18048A 24361.82881516 .00002461 00000-0 35942-3 0 9998
2 43484 97.8456 70.9909 0013884 107.4290 252.8439 14.76548799354099Epoch: 2024-12-26T19:53Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-26T19:53:29.629Z)
| Latitude | -0.00008° |
| Longitude | 36.81485° |
| Altitude | 646.145 km |
| Speed | 7.533 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 04h 43m 57s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | -63.30552° |
| Longitude | -158.75976° |
| Altitude | 671.668 km |
| Speed | 7.516 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 14h 12m 47s |
| Apparent Declination | -53° 23' 02" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 01:16:03 |
| Azimuth | 210.863° SW |
| Elevation | -73.446° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 647.022 km |
| Perigee altitude | 627.542 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,015.419 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0013884 |
| Inclination | 97.8456° |
| RAAN | 70.9909° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 107.429° |
| True anomaly | 252.69196° |
| Mean anomaly | 252.8439° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 252.76792° |
| Mean motion | 3.69371 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00035942 |
| Orbital period | 97.46 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #48 in the year 2018 (2018-06-02 UTC)
| GAOFEN 6, 43484 |
| LUOJIA-1 01, 43485 |
| CZ-2D R/B, 43486 |
| CZ-2D DEB, 43487 |
| CZ-2D DEB, 43490 |
| CZ-2D DEB, 44619 |
GAOFEN 6 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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| 7 mins | 2024-12-27 04:09:20.237Z | 130.075° SE | 2024-12-27 04:13:20.237Z | 59.277° ENE | 26.859° | 2024-12-27 04:16:20.237Z | 11.628° NNE |
| 5 mins | 2024-12-27 05:47:20.237Z | 227.699° WSW | 2024-12-27 05:49:20.237Z | 262.786° W | 20.766° | 2024-12-27 05:52:20.237Z | 311.948° NW |
| 6 mins | 2024-12-27 17:37:20.237Z | 19.969° NNE | 2024-12-27 17:40:20.237Z | 148.944° SSE | 42.737° | 2024-12-27 17:43:20.237Z | 186.038° SSW |
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