JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3G

NORAD 46459· COSPAR 2020-065F· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 15, 2020 from Yellow Sea (launch location 2), China aboard a Long March 11.

Long March 11 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 03B 01-06 & 03C 01-03 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:53 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 15, 2020

Mass

—

Apogee

284 km

Perigee

279 km

Inclination

97.21°

Period

1.50 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3G across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-24.7 km

Rate

-1.78 km/day

Now

279 × 284 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

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-065 (Long March 11 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 03B 01-06 & 03C 01-03).

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