NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Gaofen Duomo & BY-02

Launch Time
Fri Jul 03, 2020 03:10 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $64.68 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,993 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,200 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,500 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 46.97 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.8 m
Fairing Height: 11.74 m

Mission Details

Gaofen Duomo

Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,400.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

BY-02 (Xibaipo)

BY-02 or Bayi Kepu Weixing 1 is a 2U-CubeSat project led by China Center for Aerospace Science and Technology International Communications for school education and amateur radio. Students from the Beijing Bayi High School built the satellite under the instruction of experts.

The amateur radio equipment onboard will provide telecommand, telemetry, and FM repeater functions. The spacecraft will be 3-axis stabilised and have deployable solar panels. Proposing a V/U transponder and requesting a 436.2MHz downlink and a 145.935 MHz uplink.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2020

46th orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

36th mission
1st mission of 2020
35th successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission