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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:26:00
Thursday September 12, 2019
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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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
16 kilograms
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
4 kilograms
Agency
CASCPrice
$64.68 million
Rocket
Height: 46.97m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 4,200 kg
GTO: 1,500 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,993 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 11.74m
Stages
3
33rd
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2019
64th
Orbital launch attempt