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GAOFEN-9 05

NORAD 46232 · Payload · In orbit since 2020

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Launched
2020-08-23 · 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
463 × 473 km
Inclination
97.2°
Period
93.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0007
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.