Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4C R/B at a glance.
Uptime
2681
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-4C R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-4C R/B
International designator: 2018-043B
Object number (NORAD): 43462
Object ID (CCSDS): 43462
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.886 minutes
Inclination: 98.1998 deg
SMA: 6987.678 km
Apoapsis: 670.912 km
Periapsis: 548.175 km
RAAN: 306.1827 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00878239
Argument of periapsis: 28.9807 deg
Mean anomaly: 331.6242 deg
Mean motion: 14.86289445 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001599 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001762439 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:49 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 5:39 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4C R/B
TLE line 1: 1 43462U 18043B 25251.23572998 .00001599 00000-0 17624-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 43462 98.1998 306.1827 0087824 28.9807 331.6242 14.86289445396870
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Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4C R/B.
Associated 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).
CZ-4C R/B 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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