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Satellite · NORAD 52388 · COSPAR 2022-046A

JILIN-1 GAOFEN 4A

DecayedPayloadLEOEarth observation derived

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

97.47°

Period

87.3 min

87.3 min

Perigee

135km

Apogee

147km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 17 Dec 2025.· Metadata updated 33 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 17 Dec 2025 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Earth observation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Decayed [D]
Radar cross-section
—
Constellation membership derived
Jilin-1 via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • JILIN-1 GAOFEN 4ACelestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Chang Guang Satellite Technology
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
30 Apr 2022
COSPAR launch id
2022-046
Launch site
Sea Launch Odyssey platform (Pacific, equator)

Objects from the same launch · 5

Change log

History

No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

No source is linked to this record yet — the catalogue row exists but no provenance entry has been written for it.

Field provenance

No field-level provenance recorded.

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
52388
COSPAR / international designator
2022-046A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JW64PEB85AFEEFZR2SG
Canonical slug
jilin-1-gaofen-4a-52388

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Earth observation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.