ZY-1 02D (Zi Yuan-1 02D)

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Description:

• ZY 1 02D is a Chinese Earth observation satellite similar to the Chinese-Brazilian CBERS 2B / ZY-1 02B, but features only Chinese instruments. It is the follow-on version to 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 hyper spectral camera.

Mission details:

• The 1840 kg Ziyuan-1 02D xing imaging satellite was launched on Sep 12, 2019 by CZ-4B. The launch also carried two small satellites: Jingshi 1 is a 16 kg imaging satellite from Beijing Normal University; Jinniuzuo naxing is a 3U cubesat from Shanghai ASES Spaceflight Technology Co Ltd which is testing a drag sail.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking