GAOFEN 8

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GAOFEN 8 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 40701

Int'l Code: 2015-030A

Perigee: 496.6 km

Apogee: 508.5 km

Inclination: 97.7 °

Period: 94.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6873 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 26, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

GAOFEN 8 is an optical satellite with an high resolution imaging payload. Reportedly, the duties of the satellite are country surveying, disaster response, agriculture mapping, city planning, land ownership marking and road network planning.

1 40701U 15030A   24139.09954036  .00006537  00000-0  27705-3 0  9991
2 40701  97.6526 293.2039 0008683  14.9064 345.2427 15.23463831495063

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC