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JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D51 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 54252)
Track JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D51 (NORAD catalog number 54252) 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 B of 2022's 155th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2022-155B). 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 21,259 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.70 km/s, JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D51 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 362 × 365 km, completing one revolution every 91.7 minutes — about 15.7 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0003). Inclined 97.6° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 42.0°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane eastward about 1.09° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~362 km × 365 km |
| Inclination | 97.63° |
| Orbital period | 91.7 min (15.71 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00028 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2022-155B |
| NORAD catalog number | 54252 |
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 03D51 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D51 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 03D51 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D08 (NORAD 54251)
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D53 (NORAD 54253)
- YAOGAN-34 03 (NORAD 54249)
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D52 (NORAD 54255)
- EUTELSAT 10B (NORAD 54259)
- GALAXY 32 (G-32) (NORAD 54244)
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