GAOFEN-1
Launch
Launched on Apr 26, 2013 from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), China aboard a Long March 2D.
Long March 2D | Gaofen 1 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 03:53 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
China National Space Administration
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Apr 26, 2013
Mass
—
Apogee
656 km
Perigee
632 km
Inclination
97.90°
Period
1.62 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Gaofen 1 is a Chinese high-resolution Earth observation satellite, and the first of the Gaofen series satellites.
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GAOFEN-1 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
632 × 657 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2013-018 (Long March 2D | Gaofen 1).
- NEE-01 PEGASO · 39151
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