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GAOFEN-9 01

NORAD 40894 · Payload · In orbit since 2015

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Launched
2015-09-14 · Jiuquan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
1,700 kg
Size
1.9 × 1.5 m · 4 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
601 × 639 km
Inclination
97.6°
Period
97.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0027
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).