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Gaofen 1

Mission type

Earth observation

Operator

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

COSPAR ID

2013-018A Edit this at Wikidata

SATCAT no.

39150

Mission duration

5~8 years

Spacecraft properties

Bus

CAST-2000

Manufacturer

China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)

Launch mass

1,080 kilograms (2,380 pounds)

Power

1278 watts

Start of mission

Launch date

26 April 2013, 04:13:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March-2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, LA-4

Contractor

China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)

Orbital parameters

Reference system

Geocentric orbit

Regime

Sun-synchronous orbit

Perigee altitude

625.3 kilometers (388.5 miles)

Apogee altitude

651.2 kilometers (404.6 miles)

Inclination

98.05°

Period

97.5 minutes

Transponders

Band

S-band
C-band
X-band

Gaofen
 

Gaofen 1 (Chinese: 高分一号; pinyin: Gāofēn Yī hào; lit. 'high resolution - number 1') is a Chinese high-resolution Earth observation satellite, and the first of the Gaofen series satellites.

History[edit]

The civilian CHEOS (China High-resolution Earth Observation System) satellite program was proposed in 2006 and received approval in 2010. Gaofen 1 was the first of six planned CHEOS spacecraft for being launched between 2013 and 2016.[1] The satellite's primary goal is to provide near real time observations for disaster prevention and relief, climate change monitoring, geographical mapping, environmental and resource surveying as well as precision agriculture support.[2]

Subsequently, over twelve satellites were launched in the Gaofen series, with varying optical, infrared and radar imaging capabilities. They are managed by civilians.[1]

Launch[edit]

Gaofen 1 was launched on 26 April 2013 at 04:13 UTC with a Long March 2D carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center along with the three small experimental satellites: TurkSat-3USat (Turkey), CubeBug 1 (Argentina) and NEE-01 Pegaso (Ecuador) in a Sun-synchronous orbit.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "China launches another Gaofen Earth observation satellite". Spaceflight Now. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  • ^ a b "GF-1 (Gaofen-1) High-resolution Imaging Satellite". eoPortal Directory. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  • Orbital launches in 2013

    2014 →

    January

  • JSE Reda 4, Jissho Eisei
  • STSat-2C
  • TDRS-11
  • February

  • Globalstar M078, M087, M093, M094, M095, M096
  • Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a, Amazonas 3
  • Progress M-18M
  • Landsat 8
  • SARAL, Sapphire, NEOSSat, UniBRITE-1, TUGSAT-1, AAUSat-3, STRaND-1
  • March

  • USA-241
  • Satmex 8
  • Soyuz TMA-08M
  • April

    • Anik G1
  • Bion-M No.1 (Aist 2, BeeSat-2, BeeSat-3, SOMP, Dove-2, OSSI-1)
  • Cygnus Mass Simulator, Dove 1, Alexander, Graham, Bell
  • Progress M-19M
  • Gaofen 1, TurkSat-3USat, NEE-01 Pegaso, CubeBug-1
  • Kosmos 2485
  • May

    Zhongxing 11

  • Eutelsat 3D
  • USA-242
  • USA-243
  • Soyuz TMA-09M
  • June

  • SES-6
  • Albert Einstein ATV
  • Kosmos 2486 / Persona №2
  • Shenzhou 10
  • Resurs-P No.1
  • O3b × 4 (PFM, FM2, FM4, FM5)
  • Kosmos 2487 / Kondor № 202
  • IRIS
  • July

  • Uragan-M 48, 49, 50
  • Shijian XI-05
  • MUOS-2
  • Shijian 15, Shiyan 7, Chuangxin 3
  • Inmarsat-4A F4, INSAT-3D
  • Progress M-20M
  • August

  • USA-244
  • Arirang-5
  • USA-245
  • Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1, GSAT-7 / INSAT-4F
  • Amos-4
  • September

  • LADEE
  • Gonets-M No.5, Gonets-M No.6, Gonets-M No.7
  • Hisaki
  • USA-246
  • Cygnus Orb-D1
  • Fengyun III-03
  • Kuaizhou-1
  • Soyuz TMA-10M
  • CASSIOPE, CUSat, POPACS 1, 2, 3, DANDE
  • Astra 2E
  • October

  • Sirius FM-6
  • Yaogan 18
  • November

  • Soyuz TMA-11M
  • Globus-1M No.13L
  • MAVEN
  • ORS-3, STPSat-3, Black Knight 1, CAPE-2, ChargerSat-1, COPPER, DragonSat-1, Firefly (satellite), Ho'oponopono-2, Horus, KySat-2, NPS-SCAT, ORSES, ORS Tech 1, 2, PhoneSat 2.4, Prometheus × 8, SENSE A, B, SwampSat, TJ3Sat, Trailblazer-1, Vermont Lunar CubeSat
  • Yaogan 19
  • DubaiSat-2, STSAT-3, SkySat-1, UniSat-5 (Dove 4, ICube-1, HumSat-D, PUCP-Sat 1 (Pocket-PUCP), BeakerSat-1, $50SAT, QBScout-1, WREN), AprizeSat 7, 8, Lem, WNISat-1, GOMX-1, CubeBug-2, Delfi-n3Xt, Dove 3, First-MOVE, FUNcube-1, HINCube-1, KHUSat-1, KHUSat-2, NEE-02 Krysaor, OPTOS, Triton 1, UWE-3, VELOX-P2, ZACUBE-1, BPA-3
  • Swarm A, B, C
  • Shiyan 5
  • Progress M-21M
  • December

  • SES-8
  • USA-247 / Topaz, TacSat-6
  • Inmarsat-5 F1
  • CBERS-3
  • Gaia
  • Túpac Katari 1
  • Kosmos 2488 / Strela-3M 7, Kosmos 2489 / Strela-3M 8, Kosmos 2490 / Strela-3M 9, Kosmos-2491
  • Ekspress AM5
  • Aist 1, Kosmos 2491 / SKRL-756 1, Kosmos 2492 / SKRL-756 2
  • Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
    Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).


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