GAOFEN 1

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GAOFEN 1 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 39150

Int'l Code: 2013-018A

Perigee: 633.2 km

Apogee: 661.4 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

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   22022.19311647  .00000312  00000-0  51701-4 0  9995
2 39150  97.8083  93.1243 0020069  35.0864 325.1669 14.76578588471159

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC