Key statistics
Satellite GAOFEN 5 01A at a glance.
Uptime
997
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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 GAOFEN 5 01A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GAOFEN 5 01A
International designator: 2022-165A
Object number (NORAD): 54640
Object ID (CCSDS): 54640
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.786 minutes
Inclination: 98.2035 deg
SMA: 7078.781 km
Apoapsis: 701.942 km
Periapsis: 699.349 km
RAAN: 177.793 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00018313
Argument of periapsis: 83.3816 deg
Mean anomaly: 276.7591 deg
Mean motion: 14.57689635 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000727 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016938399 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 12:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 5 01A
TLE line 1: 1 54640U 22165A 25242.00700019 .00000727 00000-0 16938-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 54640 98.2035 177.7930 0001831 83.3816 276.7591 14.57689635144992
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN 5 01A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Gaofen-5-01A is a hyperspectral Earth observation satellite. Instruments include a 1500 km swath width Infared imager, a 2.5nm spectral-resolution visible-near infrared hyperspectral imager & a differential absorption spectrometer for measuring atmospheric trace gas.
GAOFEN 5 01A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Gaofen-5-01A’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 8, 2022, 6:31 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 2D | Gaofen-5-01A
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 8, 2022, 6:31 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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