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: 7078.956 km
Apoapsis: 701.533 km
Periapsis: 700.109 km
RAAN: 126.4313 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001006
Argument of periapsis: 93.0316 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.0998 deg
Mean motion: 14.57635435 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000307 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00007731 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 9:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GAOFEN 5 01A
TLE line 1: 1 54640U 22165A 25189.90644023 .00000307 00000-0 77310-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 54640 98.2029 126.4313 0001006 93.0316 267.0998 14.57635435137409
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GAOFEN 5 01A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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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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