Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 4C · Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 334th launch · 30th this year · humanity's 6,123rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 7, 02:35 – Sep 7, 03:56 UTC
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Gaofen-5-02
Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 5 is configured with six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector at very high spectral resolution, differential absorption spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas, and multi-angle polarization detector, with designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the SAST-5000B bus. The instruments are: * Advanced Hyperspectral Imager (AHSI) * Visual and Infrared Multispectral Sensor (VIMS) * Greenhouse-gases Monitoring Instrument (GMI) * Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral (AIUS) * Environment Monitoring Instrument (EMI) * Directional Polarization Camera (DPC)
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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