NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Gaofen 2 & BRITE-PL2

Launch Time
Tue Aug 19, 2014 03:15 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 2

Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS) program.

GF 2 is an optical satellite with a high-resolution imaging payload. In panchromatic mode, it achieves a ground resolution of 80 cm with a swath of 48 km. In multispectral mode, it reaches a resolution of 3.2 m. The satellite is based on the CS-L3000A bus.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

BRITE-PL2

Heweliusz (also called BRITE-PL) is the second Polish scientific satellite as part of the Bright-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme. Heweliusz is an optical astronomy spacecraft built by the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences and operated by Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika PAN; BRITE-PL2 is one of two Polish contributions to the BRITE constellation along with the Lem satellite. It is named after Johannes Hevelius.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2014

50th orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

21st mission
1st mission of 2014
20th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission