Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN 3 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
3194
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GAOFEN 3 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: GAOFEN 3 DEB
International designator: 2016-049C
Object number (NORAD): 42678
Object ID (CCSDS): 42678
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.55 minutes
Inclination: 98.3258 deg
SMA: 7115.19 km
Apoapsis: 743.694 km
Periapsis: 730.416 km
RAAN: 139.5008 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009331
Argument of periapsis: 144.5762 deg
Mean anomaly: 215.6052 deg
Mean motion: 14.46515144 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000328 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010316 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 3 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42678U 16049C 25125.83253846 .00000328 00000-0 10316-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 42678 98.3258 139.5008 0009331 144.5762 215.6052 14.46515144455027
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN 3 DEB.
Associated 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 DEB 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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