GAOFEN 8

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GAOFEN 8 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 40701

Int'l Code: 2015-030A

Perigee: 499.2 km

Apogee: 507.6 km

Inclination: 97.6 °

Period: 94.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6874 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 26, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

GAOFEN 8 is an optical satellite with an high resolution imaging payload. Reportedly, the duties of the satellite are country surveying, disaster response, agriculture mapping, city planning, land ownership marking and road network planning.

1 40701U 15030A   24111.19017651  .00032675  00000-0  13797-2 0  9992
2 40701  97.6479 264.7433 0006108  87.3630 272.8305 15.23180906490811

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC