Gaofen 1

GF 1

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General

Designation	39150 / 13018A
Launch date	26 April 2013
Country of origin	China
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	635/663 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	98.1°
Period	97.6 min
Launch vehicle	Long March 2D

carries: 2m resolution CCD camera and 8m resolution multi-spectral camera and 16m resolution wide-field multi-spectrum imager. All weather sensing

4 or 5 other such satellites are planned to create HDEOS (High Definition Earth Observation System)

sat-index articles

n2yo.com tracking

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	China Spacesat Co. Ltd.
Platform	CAST 2000
Mass at launch
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