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: 2026-09-27T06:24:39.308832Z
- Period
- 97.23 min
- Inclination
- 98.0012°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005917
- Mean motion
- 14.81010331 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 622.0 km
- Apogee alt
- 630.3 km
- Semi-major
- 7,004.3 km
- B*
- 7.7978e-5
- RAAN
- 334.3248°
- Arg perigee
- 261.4751°
- Mean anomaly
- 98.5791°
- Rev number
- 65,434
§ Raw data
GAOFEN-21 40118U 14049A 26270.26712163 .00000551 00000+0 77978-4 0 99992 40118 98.0012 334.3248 0005917 261.4751 98.5791 14.81010331654344
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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