Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN 1-03 at a glance.
Uptime
2598
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GAOFEN 1-03.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GAOFEN 1-03
International designator: 2018-031B
Object number (NORAD): 43260
Object ID (CCSDS): 43260
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.522 minutes
Inclination: 97.7737 deg
SMA: 7018.249 km
Apoapsis: 643.176 km
Periapsis: 637.052 km
RAAN: 193.2331 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004363
Argument of periapsis: 238.0726 deg
Mean anomaly: 122.0061 deg
Mean motion: 14.7658882 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015058 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 10:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 1-03
TLE line 1: 1 43260U 18031B 25130.93212835 .00001002 00000-0 15058-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 43260 97.7737 193.2331 0004363 238.0726 122.0061 14.76588820383334
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN 1-03.
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 1-03 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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