NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Ziyuan-2D, BNU-1 & Taurus-1

Launch Time
Thu Sep 12, 2019 03:26 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B
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

Ziyuan-2D

ZY-1 02D is a Chinese Earth observation satellite similar to the Chinese-Brazilian CBERS 2B / ZY-1 02B but only features Chinese instruments. It is the follow-on version of the ZY-1 02C satellite. The primary objective is to acquire high-resolution panchromatic and multispectral imagery for land resource surveys, disaster monitoring, forestry, and ecological monitoring.

The ZY-1 02D satellite features improved imagers compared to its predecessor.

It is equipped with a 9-band visible near-infrared camera and a 166-band hyperspectral camera.

The visible NIR camera has a ground resolution of 5 m and a swath width of 115 km. The satellite will orbit in a sun-synchronous orbit of 778 km, and the revisiting cycle can be as short as three days. The camera image has high geometric precision and the image positioning accuracy is better than 50 meters; the camera image has high spectral resolution and rich image information.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Taurus-1

Taurus 1 is a 3U-CubeSat built by Shanghai Aeros Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (Aes Space).

The satellite is to test a 2.5 m^2 drag sail to accelerate deorbiting.

The amateur radio system onboard will provide telecommand, telemetry, and an FM to codec2 digital audio V/U repeater with 67Hz PL tone.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Jingshi 1

The BNU 1 or Jingshi 1, also known as Ice Pathfinder, is a small experimental satellite by Beijing Normal University (BNU) to conduct all-weather polar climate and environmental observations around the Earth's orbit.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 16.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2019

64th orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

33rd mission
2nd mission of 2019
32nd successful mission
13th consecutive successful mission