Geostationary
GAOFEN-13 01
Geostationary Optical Imaging · CNSA / CRESDA
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China's second high-resolution geostationary imaging satellite, following Gaofen-4. Unlike polar-orbiting satellites that revisit a location once per day, Gaofen-13 can continuously stare at a target for hours — tracking weather systems, disaster development, or military activity in real time from 22,000 miles altitude. At 0.5-meter optical resolution from geostationary orbit, it represents an extraordinary technical achievement — equivalent to reading a license plate from the height of 22,200 miles.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,087–22,397 mi (35,546–36,044 km)
- Inclination
- 0.2°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 46610
- Int’l designator
- 2020-071A
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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