GAOFEN 6

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NORAD ID: 43484

Int'l Code: 2018-048A

Perigee: 639.0 km

Apogee: 656.0 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   24119.83537383  .00001775  00000-0  26161-3 0  9990
2 43484  97.8640 195.4942 0012117 169.6873 190.4588 14.76517170318382

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC