NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Gaofen-9 04 & Q-SAT

Launch Time
Thu Aug 06, 2020 04:01 UTC

50th Long March 2D launch.

Rocket

Long March 2D
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $29.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,962 kN
Payload to LEO: 3,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,200 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 40.77 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.35 m
Fairing Height: 7.82 m

Mission Details

Gaofen-9 04

Gaofen-9 satellites are observation satellites for civil use, used for the construction of new infrastructure (roads, canals), agricultural crop management, or river traffic management. It is part of the program funded by the state and the Chinese Communist Party "China High-definition Earth Observation System", or CHEOS.

The lack of information on the satellite structure is due to the fact that it is likely based on the CAST2000 platform, which is also used on military satellites such as Yaogan-2.

The satellite's resolution is less than one metre.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Q-SAT

Q-SAT Science Satellite, developed by Tsinghua University, will carry out in-orbit flight verification of gravity satellite system design methods, dual-frequency GPS-based precision orbital atmospheric density measurement methods, and other theories and technologies.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 9401 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2020

60th orbital launch attempt

Long March 2D

50th mission
6th mission of 2020
49th successful mission
18th consecutive successful mission