Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02
Launch Complex 9
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
Gaofen-5-02
Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 5 is configured with six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector at very high spectral resolution, differential absorption spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas, and multi-angle polarization detector, with designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the SAST-5000B bus. The instruments are: * Advanced Hyperspectral Imager (AHSI) * Visual and Infrared Multispectral Sensor (VIMS) * Greenhouse-gases Monitoring Instrument (GMI) * Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral (AIUS) * Environment Monitoring Instrument (EMI) * Directional Polarization Camera (DPC)
Long March 4C
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Max Stages 3
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Launch Success 52
Consecutive Success 28
Maiden Flight 2006-04-26
Launch Failures 2
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-09-07T03:48:12+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-09-06T09:12:49+0000
New launch time per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-09-06T06:46:16+0000
Reverting to TBD due to lack of reports.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-09-05T16:04:48+0000
Revised launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-07-01T08:29:30+0000
Added launch per NOTAMs.
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