CFOSAT 1 [CAST]
CFOSAT (Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite) or Zhongfa Haiyangxue Weixing is a joint Chinese and French oceanography mission with the goal to monitor the ocean surface winds and waves and to provide information on related ocean and atmospheric science and applications. The mission is conducted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the French CNES.
It is based on the CAST2000 platform developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). The launch mass is about 600 kg.
CFOSAT will carry two radar instruments, whose data will be downlinked to French and Chinese receiving stations:
It was launched in 2018 on a CZ-2C (3) rocket from China's Jiuquan space center.
Nation: | China, France |
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Type / Application: | Earth Science |
Operator: | CNSA, CNES |
Contractors: | CAST |
Equipment: | SWIM, SCAT |
Configuration: | CAST2000 bus |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar array, batteries |
Lifetime: | 3 years |
Mass: | ~600 kg |
Orbit: | 509 km × 523 km, 97.53° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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CFOSAT (Zhongfa Haiyangxue Weixing) | 2018-083A | 29.10.2018 | Jq LC-43/94 | CZ-2C (3) | with Xiaoxiang 1-02, Tongchuan 1, Tianqi 1, Xinghe, Changshagaoxin, CubeBel 1, ? |