Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN-5 at a glance.
Uptime
2777
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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-5.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GAOFEN-5
International designator: 2018-043A
Object number (NORAD): 43461
Object ID (CCSDS): 43461
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.602 minutes
Inclination: 98.4327 deg
SMA: 7069.984 km
Apoapsis: 692.482 km
Periapsis: 691.216 km
RAAN: 310.59 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00008951
Argument of periapsis: 336.2599 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.8559 deg
Mean motion: 14.60411084 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000693 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015315658 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 2:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN-5
TLE line 1: 1 43461U 18043A 25347.60765820 .00000693 00000-0 15316-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 43461 98.4327 310.5900 0000895 336.2599 23.8559 14.60411084404605
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Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN-5.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a state-sponsored programme aimed to develop a near-real time, all-weather, global surveillance network consisting of satellite, near-space (stratosphere) airships, and aerial observation platforms. Based on the SAST5000B bus, Gaofen 5 will carry six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector at very high spectral resolution, differential absorption spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas, and multi-angle polarization detector. The satellite has a designed life of 8 years. It is to be launched atop of a Long March 4C to a 705km Sun Syncronous Orbit (SSO).
GAOFEN-5 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Gaofen 5’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on May 8, 2018, 6:28 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Gaofen 5
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 8, 2018, 6:28 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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