GAOFEN 11, 43585
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 11, 43585 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 31 Jul 2018 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
Mission
Operational Defense Imaging
Bus & Motor
YW-5?, 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: 4 hours ago
TLE from 4 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 11
1 43585U 18063A 25322.52461162 .00018009 00000-0 34192-3 0 9994
2 43585 97.1603 25.6744 0006534 42.7758 317.4001 15.48321084407678Epoch: 2025-11-18T12:35Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-18T12:35:26.443Z)
Latitude
-0.00002°
Longitude
139.00477°
Altitude
421.503 km
Speed
7.66 km/s
True Right ascension
01h 42m 41s
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
13:33:04
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
422.996 km
Perigee altitude
414.114 km
Semi-major axis
6,796.692 km
Eccentricity
0.00065
Inclination
97.1603°
RAAN
25.6744°
Arg. of periapsis
42.7758°
True anomaly
317.34939°
Mean anomaly
317.4001°
Eccentric anomaly
317.37475°
Mean motion
3.87344 °/min
Orbital period
92.94 mins
BSTAR
0.00034192
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Other satellites on launch #63 in the year 2018 (2018-07-31 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 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 | 2025-11-18 17:47:37.861Z | 345.515° N | 2025-11-18 17:50:37.861Z | 274.634° WNW | 23.556° | 2025-11-18 17:52:37.861Z | 232.27° WSW |
| 5 mins | 2025-11-19 04:14:37.861Z | 150.282° SSE | 2025-11-19 04:16:37.861Z | 71.06° E | 40.437° | 2025-11-19 04:19:37.861Z | 356.598° N |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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