GAOFEN 8

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GAOFEN 8 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 40701

Int'l Code: 2015-030A

Perigee: 497.9 km

Apogee: 506.2 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   24118.21836991  .00029461  00000-0  12289-2 0  9992
2 40701  97.6505 271.9047 0006010  63.8115 296.3739 15.23617348491886

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC