NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Gaofen 6 & Luojia 1

Launch Time
Sat Jun 02, 2018 04:13 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2D
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $29.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,962 kN
Payload to LEO: 3,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,200 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 40.77 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.35 m
Fairing Height: 7.82 m

Mission Details

Gaofen 6

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).

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Luojia 1

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 8.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 9401 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2018

48th orbital launch attempt

Long March 2D

40th mission
5th mission of 2018
39th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission