GAOFEN 1

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GAOFEN 1 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 39150

Int'l Code: 2013-018A

Perigee: 635.0 km

Apogee: 659.8 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   25169.21703273  .00000585  00000-0  91039-4 0  9993
2 39150  97.9497 242.8027 0017649   2.8300 357.3006 14.76539759654577

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC