Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN 1-02 at a glance.
Uptime
2814
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GAOFEN 1-02.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GAOFEN 1-02
International designator: 2018-031A
Object number (NORAD): 43259
Object ID (CCSDS): 43259
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.534 minutes
Inclination: 98.0803 deg
SMA: 7018.804 km
Apoapsis: 641.884 km
Periapsis: 639.454 km
RAAN: 44.1073 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00017311
Argument of periapsis: 219.1812 deg
Mean anomaly: 140.9272 deg
Mean motion: 14.76413889 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001685 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024991178 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:38 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 1-02
TLE line 1: 1 43259U 18031A 25346.31816626 .00001685 00000-0 24991-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 43259 98.0803 44.1073 0001731 219.1812 140.9272 14.76413889415127
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN 1-02.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Gaofen is a series of Chinese civilian Earth observation satellites. These three satellites are to be operated together with the Gaofen-1 satellite, which was launched in 2013.
GAOFEN 1-02 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Gaofen 1-02, 1-03 & 1-04’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on March 31, 2018, 3:22 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Gaofen 1-02, 1-03 & 1-04
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 31, 2018, 3:22 a.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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