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GAOFEN-6
Agricultural Remote Sensing · CNSA / CRESDA
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Gaofen-6 adds a red-edge spectral band sensitive to chlorophyll — detecting crop stress weeks before visible wilting. Combined with Gaofen-1, it feeds China's national crop condition monitoring system guiding food security policy and export decisions for the world's largest agricultural nation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 396–405 mi (638–652 km)
- Inclination
- 98.1°
- One orbit
- 97.5 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43484
- Int’l designator
- 2018-048A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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