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GAOFEN-11 04
Chinese High-Resolution Intelligence Imaging Satellite · CNSA / PLA
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Gaofen-11 (04), part of China's sharpest optical intelligence-imaging line, assessed by Western analysts to resolve objects under 50 cm across — putting the Gaofen-11 series in the same performance class as the US KH-11 reconnaissance satellites, a technical parity China has never officially acknowledged.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 307–313 mi (494–503 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 94.4 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 54818
- Int’l designator
- 2022-176A
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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