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JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3G — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 46459)
Track JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3G (NORAD catalog number 46459) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It is object F of 2020's 65th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2020-065F). It went up together with 3 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 33,291 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.74 km/s, JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3G flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 285 × 291 km, completing one revolution every 90.1 minutes — about 16.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0004). Inclined 97.2° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 311.1°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane eastward about 1.08° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~285 km × 291 km |
| Inclination | 97.21° |
| Orbital period | 90.1 min (15.98 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00042 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2020-065F |
| NORAD catalog number | 46459 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
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Can you see JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3G from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3G is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. See pass predictions for your location for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3G in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3F (NORAD 46458)
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3H (NORAD 46460)
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3E (NORAD 46457)
- HAIYANG-2C (NORAD 46469)
- HJ-2A (NORAD 46478)
- HJ-2B (NORAD 46479)
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