Long March 6 | SDGSAT-1
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Complex 16 — Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- SDGSAT-1
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for pursuing sustainable development. It is expected to provide advanced, open and shared data resources for monitoring and evaluating the sustainable development index representing the interaction between human and nature, in particular providing support for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The satellite has three payloads including thermal infrared, low light level and multispectral imagers, with 300 km wide data acquisition swath capability. It can achieve global coverage within 11 days.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 6
- Family
- Long March
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 16
- Location
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 38.8682, 111.5802