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Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02

China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Complex 9 — Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Gaofen-5-02
Type
Earth Science
Target orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

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)

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Long March 4C
Family
Long March
Variant
C
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Type
Government
Country
CHN

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launch site

Pad
Launch Complex 9
Location
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Country
CHN
Timezone
Asia/Shanghai