GAOFEN-2
NORAD 40118 · 2014-049A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- PRC
- Launch date
- 2014-08-19
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 3.51
Purposes: earth_obs
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-05-25T04:52:32.632608Z
- Period
- 97.24 min
- Inclination
- 98.0115°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006314
- Mean motion
- 14.80870499 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 622.2 km
- Apogee alt
- 631.0 km
- Semi-major
- 7,004.7 km
- B*
- 9.0288e-5
- RAAN
- 209.4312°
- Arg perigee
- 316.5966°
- Mean anomaly
- 43.4748°
- Rev number
- 63,583
§ Raw data
GAOFEN-21 40118U 14049A 26145.20315547 .00000644 00000+0 90288-4 0 99912 40118 98.0115 209.4312 0006314 316.5966 43.4748 14.80870499635836
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/40118 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPSK | s-band wider TX | 2.213 GHz | — |
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