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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:57:00
Sunday October 11, 2020
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Gaofen 13 (GF 13) is a geostationary Earth observation satellite in the Gaofen series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites. No details are known so far, but it is suspected to be an improved version of the Gaofen 4 satellite with a significantly larger optical system. Likely it is the 15 m resolution geostationary earth observation satellite, which has reportedly been under development by CAST. The satellite is positioned at the 117.9° East position.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
CASCPrice
$29.15 million
Rocket
Height: 56.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 11,500 kg
GTO: 5,550 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,986 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 9.56m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
127th
Mission
6th
Mission of 2020
79th
Orbital launch attempt