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GAOFEN-12 03
SAR Intelligence Imaging · CNSA
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China's third Gaofen-12 SAR satellite densifies the radar surveillance constellation. The rapid deployment pace — multiple per year — demonstrates China's industrial capacity to mass-produce capable radar reconnaissance satellites, changing the global balance of space-based surveillance capability.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 392–395 mi (631–636 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 97.2 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 52912
- Int’l designator
- 2022-069A
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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