GAOFEN 6

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NORAD ID: 43484

Int'l Code: 2018-048A

Perigee: 638.0 km

Apogee: 656.4 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7018 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 2, 2018
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

GAOFEN 6 is a member of a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites. Gaofen F 6 is an optical satellite similar to the Gaofen 1 satellite, but using a different instrument suit, consisting of a 2/8 m resolution panchromatic/hyperspectral camera with an image swath of >90 km) and a 16 m resolution wide angle camera with an 800 km image swath. Both cameras use a three-mirror anastigmat telescope. Both covers visible light to NIR bands (wavelength ~450-900 nm).

1 43484U 18048A   24139.21661457  .00003097  00000-0  45000-3 0  9996
2 43484  97.8636 214.3744 0013155 111.9922 248.2687 14.76604785321246

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC