NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Gaofen-7 & Others

Launch Time
Sun Nov 03, 2019 03:22 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-7

Gaofen 7 is an optical satellite for mapping purposes for the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping, and Geoinformation of China (NASMG). It is similar, but improved, to the earlier ZY-3.

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

Rideshares

Other payloads were also flown on this mission:
- Huangpu 1
- SRSS 1
- Xiaoxiang 1-08

Payloads: 3
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2019

77th orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

34th mission
3rd mission of 2019
33rd successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission