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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: 2026-09-09T05:15:51.084864Z

Period
92.98 min
Inclination
97.6858°
Eccentricity
0.0006672
Mean motion
15.48766766 rev/d
Perigee alt
415.8 km
Apogee alt
424.9 km
Semi-major
6,798.5 km
B*
1.3423e-4
RAAN
90.8104°
Arg perigee
247.4776°
Mean anomaly
112.5768°
Rev number
62,444

§ Raw data

GAOFEN-81 40701U 15030A   26252.21934126  .00007107  00000+0  13423-3 0  99962 40701  97.6858  90.8104 0006672 247.4776 112.5768 15.48766766624443

JSON: /api/v1/satellites/40701 · /tle

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