NORAD 41194
GAOFEN 4
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 41194
- International designator
- 2015-083A
- Launch date
- Dec 28, 2015
- Launch site
- Xichang Space Center, China
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Sub-satellite grid
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-01 23:48:30 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 0.7° from the equator, between 35,775 and 35,787 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About GAOFEN 4
GAOFEN 4 is a satellite from China, launched on Dec 28, 2015 from Xichang Space Center, China.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 106°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Gaofen 4 · 41194
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 35,774 km to 35,774 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.