Long March 4C | Gaofen 5
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 221st launch · 14th this year · humanity's 5,749th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 8, 18:20 – May 8, 18:46 UTC
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Gaofen 5
Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a state-sponsored programme aimed to develop a near-real time, all-weather, global surveillance network consisting of satellite, near-space (stratosphere) airships, and aerial observation platforms. Based on the SAST5000B bus, Gaofen 5 will carry 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. The satellite has a designed life of 8 years. It is to be launched atop of a Long March 4C to a 705km Sun Syncronous Orbit (SSO).
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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Pad — Launch Complex 9
Local pad time: May 9, 2:28 AM GMT+8
78 launches from this pad · 157 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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