Gaofen 6 & Luojia 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

04:13:00

Saturday June 2, 2018

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Gaofen 6

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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

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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

Rocket

Active
Long March 2D

Active Since 1992

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$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

Launch Site

Site 9401 (SLS-2)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 18 hours

Stats

Long March 2D


40th

Mission

5th

Mission of 2018

2018


48th

Orbital launch attempt