Geostationary
GAOFEN-4
Geostationary Optical Imaging · CNSA / CRESDA
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China's first geostationary high-resolution optical satellite, the most powerful geostationary imager ever built at launch. Unlike polar satellites that pass once daily, Gaofen-4 watches continuously from 22,000 miles — achieving 50-meter resolution while staring at a typhoon for hours. The satellite that gave China a geostationary eye that never blinks.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,233–22,250 mi (35,781–35,808 km)
- Inclination
- 0.6°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 41194
- Int’l designator
- 2015-083A
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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