NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Partial Failure

GaoJing 01, 02 & Bayi Kepu 1

Launch Time
Wed Dec 28, 2016 03:23 UTC

The payloads were placed into a lower than planned orbit.

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

GaoJing 01 & 02

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.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 1,120.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Bayi Kepu 1

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2016

85th orbital launch attempt

Long March 2D

32nd mission
6th mission of 2016