GAOFEN 8

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GAOFEN 8 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 40701

Int'l Code: 2015-030A

Perigee: 466.3 km

Apogee: 481.2 km

Inclination: 97.7 °

Period: 93.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6844 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   25199.87771139  .00013010  00000-0  40874-3 0  9991
2 40701  97.6917  11.5728 0010860 306.4320  53.5919 15.33082400560177

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC