Long March 4C

Status

Success

Gaofen-1 02, 03 & 04

Launch Time
Sat Mar 31, 2018 03:22 UTC

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Rocket

Long March 4C

Image Credit: CASC

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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

Details

Mission Details

Gaofen-1 02, 03 & 04

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

GF 1-02, 03, 04 are optical satellites with a 2 m resolution pan-chromatic camera and an 8 m resolution multi-spectral camera.

Payloads: 3

Total Mass: 2,415.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

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Stats

2018

31st orbital launch attempt

22nd mission

1st mission of 2018

21st successful mission

2nd consecutive successful mission