GAOFEN-4
Launch
Launched on Dec 28, 2015 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/E.
Long March 3B/E | Gaofen 4 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:34 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 28, 2015
Mass
—
Apogee
35,808 km
Perigee
35,782 km
Inclination
0.68°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GAOFEN-4 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+1.1 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35783 × 35808 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.
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