NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SDGSAT-1

Launch Time
Fri Nov 05, 2021 02:19 UTC

Rocket

Long March 6
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $19.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 1,188 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,080 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.24 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.6 m
Fairing Height: 6.145 m

Mission Details

SDGSAT-1

Satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for pursuing sustainable development.

It is expected to provide advanced, open, and shared data resources for monitoring and evaluating the sustainable development index representing the interaction between humans and nature, in particular providing support for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The satellite has three payloads including thermal infrared, low light level, and multispectral imagers, with 300 km wide data acquisition swath capability. It can achieve global coverage within 11 days.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2021

107th orbital launch attempt

Long March 6

8th mission
4th mission of 2021
8th successful mission