Gaofen 5 [SAST]
Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS).
GF 5 is configured with six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector at very high spectral resolution, differential absorption spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas, and multi-angle polarization detector, with designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the SAST-5000B bus.
The instruments are:
Gaofen 5 was launched in 2018. A second one, Gaofen 5-02, was launched in September 2021. Both were launched on CZ-4C.
A modified version, Gaofen 5-01A was launched in December 2022.
Nation: | China |
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Type / Application: | Earth observation |
Operator: | |
Contractors: | SAST |
Equipment: | AHSI, VIMS, GMI, AIUS, EMI, DPCX (#5, #5-02) |
Configuration: | SAST-5000B |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | Deployable solar array, batteries |
Lifetime: | 8 years |
Mass: | |
Orbit: | 677 km × 695 km, 98.12° (#5) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Gaofen 5 (GF 5) | 2018-043A | 08.05.2018 | TY LC-9 | CZ-4C | ||
Gaofen 5-01A (GF 5-01A) | 2022-079A | 08.12.2022 | TY LC-9 | CZ-2D (2) | ||
Gaofen 5-02 (GF 5-02) | 2021-079A | 07.09.2021 | TY LC-9 | CZ-4C |