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GAOFEN-3
SAR Earth Observation · CNSA / CRESDA
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China's first high-resolution SAR satellite delivers 1-meter radar imagery day and night through any weather. It monitors China's 11,000-mile coastline continuously, tracking illegal fishing, ship traffic, oil spills, and coastal erosion. The satellite that gave China sovereign all-weather maritime surveillance that no previous Chinese system possessed.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 469–470 mi (755–756 km)
- Inclination
- 98.4°
- One orbit
- 99.8 minutes14.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41727
- Int’l designator
- 2016-049A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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