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GAOFEN-11 01
High-Resolution Intelligence Imaging · CNSA / PLA
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China's highest-resolution optical intelligence satellite, assessed as delivering sub-50 cm imagery comparable to US KH-11 reconnaissance satellites. Its deployment marked China's achievement of near-parity with the United States in space-based optical intelligence gathering — one of the most strategically significant space developments of the decade.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 246–248 mi (396–400 km)
- Inclination
- 97.1°
- One orbit
- 92.4 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43585
- Int’l designator
- 2018-063A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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