GAOFEN-2
Launch
Launched on Aug 19, 2014 from Launch Complex 9, China aboard a Long March 4B.
Long March 4B | Gaofen 2 & Heweliusz →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 07:00 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Aug 19, 2014
Mass
—
Apogee
635 km
Perigee
625 km
Inclination
98.00°
Period
1.62 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GAOFEN-2 across 149 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.6 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
625 × 635 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 2014-049 (Long March 4B | Gaofen 2 & Heweliusz).
- BRITE-PL2 (HEWELIUSZ) · 40119
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