Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN 3 at a glance.
Uptime
3315
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GAOFEN 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GAOFEN 3
International designator: 2016-049A
Object number (NORAD): 41727
Object ID (CCSDS): 41727
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.845 minutes
Inclination: 98.4057 deg
SMA: 7129.248 km
Apoapsis: 751.68 km
Periapsis: 750.546 km
RAAN: 256.0278 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00007948
Argument of periapsis: 66.3662 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.7611 deg
Mean motion: 14.422388 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000143 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000056521892 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 11:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 3
TLE line 1: 1 41727U 16049A 25248.98172356 .00000143 00000-0 56522-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 41727 98.4057 256.0278 0000795 66.3662 293.7611 14.42238800477689
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN 3.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Gaofen 3 is the first medium-sized and long life (8 years) civil satellite of China. The satellite is a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of up to 1m ground resolution.
GAOFEN 3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Gaofen 3’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 9, 2016, 10:55 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Gaofen 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 9, 2016, 10:55 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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