Gaofen 1

Gaofen-1
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Earth observation satellite
Operator	China National Space Administration
COSPAR ID	2013-018A
Mission duration	5~8 years


Bus	CAST-2000 bus
Manufacturer	China SpaceSat Co. Ltd.
Launch mass	1080 kg
Power	Solar power = 1278 W, output current from arrays= 40-42.6 A, Li-ion battery capacity= 80 Ah


Start of mission
Launch date	26 April 2013, 4:13 (2013-04-26UTC04:13Z) UTC
Rocket	CZ-2D Long March-2D
Launch site	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, LC 43


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Periapsis	625.3 kilometres (388.5 mi)
Apoapsis	651.2 kilometres (404.6 mi)
Inclination	98.0468°
Period	97.5 min
Epoch	April 26, 06:55 UTC


Transponders
Band	S-Band C-Band X-Band

Gaofen-1 (Chinese: 高分一号; pinyin: Gāofēn Yī hào) is a high resolution Chinese Earth observation satellite.

Gaofen-1 was launched on April 26, 2013 at 4:13 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.^[1]

The civilian HDEOS (High-Definition Earth Observation Satellite) program was proposed in 2006 and received approval in 2010. Gaofen-1 is the first of six planned HDEOS spacecraft to be launched between 2013 and 2016. The satellite's primary goal is to provide NRT (Near-Real-Time) observations for disaster prevention and relief, climate change monitoring, geographical mapping, environmental and resource surveying, as well as precision agriculture support.^[1]

References

1 2 "GF-1 (Gaofen-1) High-resolution Imaging Satellite". eoPortal Directory. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

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