Gaofen 1 (GF 1)

Spacecraft nº:

Chinese spacecraft nº: 202

Launch data: Designation  39150 / 13018A Launch date  26 April 2013 - 04:13 UTC Launch site  Jiuquan, SLS-2 Launch vehicle  CZ-2D Mission  Earth observation, Imaging Sun-synchonous Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  635 x 662 km Eccentricity   Inclination  98.1 deg Period  97.6 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• GF 1 is an optical satellite with a 2 m resolution pan-chromatic camera, a 8 m resolution multi-spectral camera and a 16 m resolution wide-angle multi-spectral camera.

Mission details:

• China's first launch of the year carried the GF-1 (Gao fen, `high resolution') imaging satellite into a 630 x 653 km sun-synchronous orbit. Three piggyback satellites were also carried: Turksat-3USAT, a 3U cubesat from Istanbul Technical University; CubeBug-1 (also called Capitan Beto), a 2U cubesat from Argentina, and NEE-01 Pegaso, a 1U cubesat for the Ecuadorian space agency EXA.

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