Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN 1-03 at a glance.
Uptime
2718
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: 97.523 minutes
Inclination: 97.7636 deg
SMA: 7018.292 km
Apoapsis: 643.753 km
Periapsis: 636.56 km
RAAN: 308.7486 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00051242
Argument of periapsis: 212.3696 deg
Mean anomaly: 147.72 deg
Mean motion: 14.76575404 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001095 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016383498 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 1-03
TLE line 1: 1 43260U 18031B 25250.94258192 .00001095 00000-0 16383-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 43260 97.7636 308.7486 0005124 212.3696 147.7200 14.76575404401045
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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