GAOFEN 1

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GAOFEN 1 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 39150

Int'l Code: 2013-018A

Perigee: 636.0 km

Apogee: 659.1 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7018 km

RCS: 4.1142 m² (large)

Launch date: April 26, 2013
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

GAOFEN 1 is a Chinese remote sensing satellite, possibly for cartography. Its name means "high resolution" in English". It will operate as part of a system to combine data from satellites in orbit with data from sensors flown within the atmosphere by aircraft.

1 39150U 13018A   25181.82209169  .00000417  00000-0  67099-4 0  9992
2 39150  97.9495 255.2127 0016477 321.5140  38.4893 14.76487509656438

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC