Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN-5 02 at a glance.
Uptime
1400
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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-5 02.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GAOFEN-5 02
International designator: 2021-079A
Object number (NORAD): 49122
Object ID (CCSDS): 49122
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.782 minutes
Inclination: 98.1412 deg
SMA: 7078.548 km
Apoapsis: 700.641 km
Periapsis: 700.185 km
RAAN: 262.6101 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0000322
Argument of periapsis: 323.9238 deg
Mean anomaly: 36.1939 deg
Mean motion: 14.57761671 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000173 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000047671 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 11:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN-5 02
TLE line 1: 1 49122U 21079A 25188.88922309 .00000173 00000-0 47671-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 49122 98.1412 262.6101 0000322 323.9238 36.1939 14.57761671203922
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN-5 02.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 5 is configured with 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, with designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the SAST-5000B bus. The instruments are: * Advanced Hyperspectral Imager (AHSI) * Visual and Infrared Multispectral Sensor (VIMS) * Greenhouse-gases Monitoring Instrument (GMI) * Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral (AIUS) * Environment Monitoring Instrument (EMI) * Directional Polarization Camera (DPC)
GAOFEN-5 02 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 7, 2021, 3:01 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 7, 2021, 3:01 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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Latest news about this satellite
Chang Zheng 4C lifts Gaofen-5-02 satellite to orbit
On Tuesday, September 7 China launched the second Gaofen-5 remote imagery satellite into a 705 km sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). The launch took place at 03:01 UTC on a Chang Zheng 4C and was conducted from Launch Complex 9 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch C...
China launches Gaofen environmental monitoring satellite
China launched an Earth observation satellite on top of a Long March 4C rocket Tuesday to monitor land surfaces, water resources, and air quality.
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