GaoJing 01, 02 & Bayi Kepu 1

Launch Partial Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:23:56

Wednesday December 28, 2016

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Launch Notes

The payloads were placed into a lower than planned orbit.

Bayi Kepu 1

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BY 1 or Bayi Kepu Weixing 1 (sometimes also called BY70 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 instructions from 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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

2 kilograms

GaoJing 01 & 02

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GaoJing-1, also known as SuperView-1 is a constellation of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites operated by Beijing Space View Tech Co Ltd. The constellation initially consisted of two satellites. It operates at an altitude of 500 km and provides imagery with 0.5 m panchromatic resolution and 2 m multispectral resolution. The swath width is 12 km and the descending node time is 10:30 am. It possesses high agility and runs with multiple collection modes including long strip, multiple strips collect, multiple point targets collect, and stereo imaging. The maximum single scene can be 60 km × 70 km. These satellites will be spaced by 180° on the same orbit.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

2 Payloads

1,120 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Long March 2D

Active Since 1992

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$29.75 million

Rocket

Height: 40.77m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,500 kg

GTO: 1,200 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,962 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.35m

Height: 7.82m

Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-9

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

16 days 20 hours

Stats

Long March 2D


32nd

Mission

6th

Mission of 2016

2016


85th

Orbital launch attempt