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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G, 46459

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G, 46459 is a payload satellite owned by Changguang WJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 15 Sep 2020 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 11 launch vehicle from the Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA). 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

46459, 2020-065F

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

CGSTL (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

Changguang WJ

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

JL-1, Unknown motor

Mass

42 kg wet, 42 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-15 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 11

Launch site

Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G
1 46459U 20065F   25118.21956961  .00033075  00000-0  92564-3 0  9994
2 46459  97.2947 167.0146 0023632 127.3175 233.0228 15.36294860255685

Epoch: 2025-04-28T05:16Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T05:16:10.814Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-128.46719°

Altitude

469.935 km

Speed

7.626 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 08m 03s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

37.04605°

Longitude

-133.78074°

Altitude

461.987 km

Speed

7.639 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 20m 16s

Apparent Declination

0° 12' 23"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:33:20

Azimuth

305.882° NW

Elevation

-34.751°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

470.162 km

Perigee altitude

437.871 km

Semi-major axis

6,832.153 km

Eccentricity

0.0023632

Inclination

97.2947°

RAAN

167.0146°

Arg. of periapsis

127.3175°

True anomaly

232.80685°

Mean anomaly

233.0228°

Eccentric anomaly

232.91478°

Mean motion

3.84332 °/min

BSTAR

0.00092564

Orbital period

93.67 mins

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Other satellites on launch #65 in the year 2020 (2020-09-15 UTC)

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3B, 46454

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JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3D, 46456

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3E, 46457

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3F, 46458

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3H, 46460

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3I, 46461

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3J, 46462

CZ-11 R/B, 46463 (Decayed)

JILIN-01 GAOFEN 3G 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.
4 mins	2025-04-29 03:18:15.748Z	170.453° S	2025-04-29 03:19:15.748Z	176.575° S	42.086°	2025-04-29 03:22:15.748Z	346.764° N

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