Gaofen 1 (GF 1)

Gaofen 1

Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS).

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. It was launched in 2013 on a CZ-2D (2) rocket from China's Jiuquan space center.

Nation:	China
Type / Application:	Earth observation
Operator:
Contractors:	SAST
Equipment:
Configuration:	CAST2000 bus
Propulsion:
Power:	2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit:	635 km × 662 km, 98.36° (#1)

Satellite	COSPAR	Date	LS		Launch Vehicle	Remarks
Gaofen 1 (GF 1)	2013-018A	26.04.2013	Jq LC-43/94		CZ-2D (2)	with TurkSat-3USat, CubeBug 1, NEE 01 Pegaso

Launch Sites:

Jq = Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia, China

References:

EARSC: The new Chinese civillian high resolution Earth observation satellite series

Further GF missions:

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