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
98.4
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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: 2016-049E
Object number (NORAD): 42680
Object ID (CCSDS): 42680
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.3 minutes
Inclination: 98.4358 deg
SMA: 7103.303 km
Apoapsis: 735.554 km
Periapsis: 714.781 km
RAAN: 135.5941 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014622
Argument of periapsis: 275.6761 deg
Mean anomaly: 84.2765 deg
Mean motion: 14.50147853 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002626 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00068658 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 11:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 3 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42680U 16049E 25125.98691063 .00002626 00000-0 68658-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 42680 98.4358 135.5941 0014622 275.6761 84.2765 14.50147853457293
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN 3 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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