▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	97.6902°
Eccentricity	0.0009805
Period	93.1 min
Apogee	433 km
Perigee	420 km
Mean motion	15.46718830 rev/day
RAAN	22.7943°
Arg of perigee	120.2776°
Mean anomaly	239.9444°
B*	1.9449e-4
Rev at epoch	61,454

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 40701U 15030A 26188.21321678 .00009643 00000-0 19449-3 0 9998

2 40701 97.6902 22.7943 0009805 120.2776 239.9444 15.46718830614549

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "GAOFEN-8",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2015-030A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T05:07:01.93+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.4671883,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0009805,
  "INCLINATION": 97.6902,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 22.7943,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 120.2776,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 239.9444,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 40701,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 61454,
  "BSTAR": 0.00019449,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00009643,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	GAOFEN-8
Operator	General Armaments Dept. of the PLAHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	China
Launch date	Jun 26, 2015HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	2400HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/40701

//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.