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

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:26:00

Thursday September 12, 2019

Mission Details

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Jingshi 1

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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

Ziyuan-2D

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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

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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

Rocket

Active
Long March 4B

Active Since 1999

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$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

Launch Site

LC-9

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

16 days 20 hours

Stats

Long March 4B


33rd

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2019

2019


64th

Orbital launch attempt