NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TanSat, Xighuo 1, 2 & Yijian

Launch Time
Wed Dec 21, 2016 19:22 UTC

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

TanSat

TanSat, also known as CarbonSat, is a Chinese Earth observation satellite dedicated to monitoring carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. It is generally classified as a minisatellite and is the first dedicated carbon mission of the Chinese space program. The mission was formally proposed in 2010, and work began in January 2011. It is funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and was built by the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem And Information Technology (SIMIT).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 620.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Xighuo 1 & 2

Spark 01 and Spark 02 are Chinese hyperspectral earth-observing minisatellites.

The spacecraft were built and are operated by the China Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Small Satellite Center on the WN5000 bus.

The satellites feature a wide-range hyperspectral imager. The ground resolution is 50 m, covering the spectral range from visible to near-infrared (420 nm - 1000 nm) and a swath width of 100 km. The imager has an average spectral resolution of 148 channels of 5 nm and a single satellite could obtain 2.5 million km2 hyperspectral imagery per day, with global coverage every 16 days.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 86.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Yijian

Yijian (name not confirmed) is Chinese high-resolution earth-observing minisatellite.

The spacecraft was built and is operated by the China Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Small Satellite Center on the WN5000 bus.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 66.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2016

83rd orbital launch attempt

Long March 2D

31st mission
5th mission of 2016
31st successful mission