Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN 1 at a glance.
Uptime
4619
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GAOFEN 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GAOFEN 1
International designator: 2013-018A
Object number (NORAD): 39150
Object ID (CCSDS): 39150
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.525 minutes
Inclination: 97.9327 deg
SMA: 7018.391 km
Apoapsis: 653.212 km
Periapsis: 627.299 km
RAAN: 62.5547 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00184607
Argument of periapsis: 126.8717 deg
Mean anomaly: 233.4188 deg
Mean motion: 14.76544135 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000805 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012241975 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 2:19 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 17, 2025, 11:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 1
TLE line 1: 1 39150U 13018A 25351.98788369 .00000805 00000-0 12242-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 39150 97.9327 62.5547 0018461 126.8717 233.4188 14.76544135681507
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
GAOFEN 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Gaofen 1’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on April 26, 2013, 4:13 a.m. from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2D | Gaofen 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 26, 2013, 4:13 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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