NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Gaofen 5

Launch Time
Tue May 08, 2018 18:28 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4C
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 5

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

GF 5 is configured with six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector at a very high spectral resolution, differential absorption spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas, and multi-angle polarization detector, with a designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the SAST-5000B bus.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2018

43rd orbital launch attempt

Long March 4C

24th mission
3rd mission of 2018
23rd successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission