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GAOFEN-12 04
SAR Intelligence Imaging · CNSA
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The fourth Gaofen-12 SAR satellite. China's proliferating radar constellation has eliminated single-satellite vulnerabilities and established persistent all-weather coverage of strategic global targets. Space-based radar intelligence, once exclusive to the United States, is now a Chinese operational reality.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 392–395 mi (631–636 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 97.2 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 57654
- Int’l designator
- 2023-123A
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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