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GAOFEN-5 01

NORAD 43461 · Payload · In orbit since 2018

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Launched
2018-05-08 · Taiyuan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,700 kg
Size
2 × 2 m · 8 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
690 × 692 km
Inclination
98.5°
Period
98.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0001
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.