Subscribe with SteadyGaofen 9-01, ..., 05 (GF 9-01, ..., 05)
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Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS).
The Gaofen 9 remote sensing satellite was launched by CZ-2D (2) rocket from China's Jiuquan space center on 14 September 2014.
The satellite provides sub-meter class resolution optical images for city planning, road network design, land ownership determination etc. purposes.
Three more satellites of this type were launched in May, June and August 2020.
| Nation: | China |
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| Type / Application: | Earth observation |
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| Contractors: | CAST |
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| Power: | 3 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
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| Orbit: | 617 km × 664 km, 98.01 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| Gaofen 9-01 (GF 9-01) | 2015-047A | 14.09.2015 | Jq LC-43/94 | CZ-2D (2) | ||
| Gaofen 9-02 (GF 9-02) | 2020-034B | 31.05.2020 | Jq LC-43/94 | CZ-2D (2) | with HEAD 2C | |
| Gaofen 9-03 (GF 9-03) | 2020-039A | 17.06.2020 | Jq LC-43/94 | CZ-2D (2) | with HEAD 2D, ZDPS 3A | |
| Gaofen 9-04 (GF 9-04) | 2020-054A | 06.08.2020 | Jq LC-43/94 | CZ-2D (2) | with Tsinghua Kexue Weixing | |
| Gaofen 9-05 (GF 9-05) | 2020-058A | 23.08.2020 | Jq LC-43/94 | CZ-2D (2) | with Tiantuo 5, Duogongneng Shiyan 1 |
Launch Sites:
- Jq = Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia, China
References:
- SinoDefence.com: Remote Sensing Satellite 2 (JianBing 6)
Further GF missions:
- Gaofen 1 (GF 1)
- Gaofen 1-02, 03, 04 (GF 1-02, 03, 04)
- Gaofen 2 (GF 2)
- Gaofen 3, 3-02, 3-03 (GF 3, 3-02, 3-03)
- Gaofen 4 (GF 4)
- Gaofen 5, 5-02 (GF 5, 5-02)
- Gaofen 5-01A (GF 5-01A)
- Gaofen 6 (GF 6)
- Gaofen 7, 7-02 (GF 7, 7-02)
- Gaofen 8 (GF 8)
- Gaofen 9-01, ..., 05 (GF 9-01, ..., 05)
- Gaofen 10, 10R (GF 10, 10R)
- Gaofen 11-01, ..., 11-05 (GF 11-01, ..., 11-05 / JB-16 1, ..., 5)
- Gaofen 12-01, ..., 12-05 (GF 12-01, ..., 12-05)
- Gaofen 13, 13-02 (GF 13, 13-02)
- Gaofen 14, 14-02 (GF 14, 14-02)
- Gaofen Duomo (GF DM)
