GAOFEN-6

NORAD 43484· COSPAR 2018-048A· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jun 2, 2018 from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), China aboard a Long March 2D.

Long March 2D | Gaofen 6 & Luojia-1 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 04:14 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 2, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

651 km

Perigee

638 km

Inclination

98.09°

Period

1.62 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GAOFEN-6 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.6 km

Rate

+0.01 km/day

Now

638 × 651 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 2018-048 (Long March 2D | Gaofen 6 & Luojia-1).

LUOJIA-1 01 · 43485

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