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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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM | S-band telemetry | 2.280 GHz | — |
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