GAOFEN 5 01A

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite GAOFEN 5 01A at a glance.

Uptime

944

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: 98.79 minutes

Inclination: 98.2029 deg

SMA: 7078.959 km

Apoapsis: 701.531 km

Periapsis: 700.116 km

RAAN: 125.4839 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0001

Argument of periapsis: 92.4564 deg

Mean anomaly: 267.6749 deg

Mean motion: 14.57634725 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000033 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000082419 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:41 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 5 01A

TLE line 1: 1 54640U 22165A 25188.94541164 .00000330 00000-0 82419-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 54640 98.2029 125.4839 0001000 92.4564 267.6749 14.57634725137268

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Associated 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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Launch to space Long March 2D | Gaofen-5-01A
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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