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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
04:13:00
Saturday June 2, 2018
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Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 6 is an optical satellite similar to the Gaofen 1 satellite, but using a different instrument suit, consisting of a 2/8 m resolution panchromatic/hyperspectral camera with an image swath of >90 km) and a 16 m resolution wide-angle camera with an 800 km image swath. Both cameras use a three-mirror anastigmat telescope. Both cover visible light to NIR bands (wavelength ~450-900 nm).
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
Luojia 1-01 is a CubeSat (6U) sized earth observation satellite built by Wuhan University. The satellite acts as a prototype for a future 60-80 satellite earth observation constellation. Luojia 1-01 features an imager with 100 m ground resolution.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
8 kilograms
Agency
CASCPrice
$29.75 million
Rocket
Height: 40.77m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 3,500 kg
GTO: 1,200 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,962 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3.35m
Height: 7.82m
Stages
2
40th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2018
48th
Orbital launch attempt