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Gaofen (CHEOS)

China National Space Administration · China

Median orbit
626 km · 97.8°
Active
36
Inactive
0
Decayed
0
On orbit
36
Total launched
36
Launches
34
Launched 30 d
0
Launched 365 d
1
First launch
26 Apr 2013
Last launch
26 Oct 2025
Activity scorederived
0.3
launch cadence index
Snapshot
11 Sept 2026 22:42 UTC

Deployment

Deployment timeline

Cumulative satellites launched

Cumulative satellites launched by month0102030402013201620192020202120232025

Launched per month

Satellites launched per month01232013-042016-082019-102020-082021-092023-032025-10

Orbits

Orbital shells

Perigee altitude · satellites per 25 km

Perigee altitude histogram05105K km10K km15K km20K km25K km30K km35K km

Inclination · satellites per 5°

Inclination histogram010200°20°40°60°80°

Largest shells (perigee × inclination)

PerigeeInclinationSatellites
630 km98.00°7
490 km97.00°5
620 km98.00°3
640 km98.00°3
750 km98.00°3

Shells bucket current elements to 20 km × 1°. Orbit classes are derived.

Launches

Launch history · 34 launches

LaunchDateSiteSatellitesActive
2025-24226 Oct 2025Xichang Satellite Launch Center11
2024-18615 Oct 2024Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2024-13019 Jul 2024Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2023-12320 Aug 2023Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2023-03617 Mar 2023Xichang Satellite Launch Center11
2022-17627 Dec 2022Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2022-16508 Dec 2022Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2022-06927 Jun 2022Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2022-03506 Apr 2022Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2021-10922 Nov 2021Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2021-10720 Nov 2021Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2021-07907 Sept 2021Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2021-02630 Mar 2021Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2020-09206 Dec 2020Xichang Satellite Launch Center11
2020-07111 Oct 2020Xichang Satellite Launch Center11
2020-06407 Sept 2020Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2020-05823 Aug 2020Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2020-05406 Aug 2020Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2020-04203 Jul 2020Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2020-03917 Jun 2020Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2020-03431 May 2020Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2019-08227 Nov 2019Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2019-07203 Nov 2019Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2019-06604 Oct 2019Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2018-06331 Jul 2018Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2018-04802 Jun 2018Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center11
2018-04308 May 2018Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2018-03131 Mar 2018Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center33
2016-04909 Aug 2016Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center11
2015-08328 Dec 2015Xichang Satellite Launch Center11

Showing the 30 most recent launches.

Fleet

Recent satellites

All satellites in this constellation →
SatelliteNORADStatusLaunchedPerigeeApogeeIncl.
GAOFEN-14 0266175Active26 Oct 2025488 km504 km97.41°
GAOFEN-12 0561571Active15 Oct 2024625 km627 km97.91°
GAOFEN-11 0560249Active19 Jul 2024493 km497 km97.39°
GAOFEN-12 0457654Active20 Aug 2023628 km631 km97.91°
GAOFEN-13 0255912Active17 Mar 202335,772 km35,804 km1.00°
GAOFEN-11 0454818Active27 Dec 2022489 km500 km97.43°
GAOFEN-5 01A54640Active08 Dec 2022698 km703 km98.24°
GAOFEN-12 0352912Active27 Jun 2022628 km630 km97.81°
GAOFEN-3 0352200Active06 Apr 2022751 km752 km98.41°
GAOFEN-3 0249495Active22 Nov 2021748 km754 km98.41°
GAOFEN-11 0349492Active20 Nov 2021491 km499 km97.20°
GAOFEN-5 0249122Active07 Sept 2021699 km702 km98.26°

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