GAOFEN-8
NORAD 40701 · 2015-030A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- PRC
- Launch date
- 2015-06-26
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 5.01
Purposes: earth_obs
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-27T07:21:05.331744Z
- Period
- 92.94 min
- Inclination
- 97.6831°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007995
- Mean motion
- 15.49398661 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 413.1 km
- Apogee alt
- 423.9 km
- Semi-major
- 6,796.6 km
- B*
- 2.0419e-4
- RAAN
- 110.0628°
- Arg perigee
- 174.7341°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.3995°
- Rev number
- 62,724
§ Raw data
GAOFEN-81 40701U 15030A 26270.30631171 .00011117 00000+0 20419-3 0 99992 40701 97.6831 110.0628 0007995 174.7341 185.3995 15.49398661627246
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/40701 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM | S-band telemetry | 2.280 GHz | — |
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