Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
China
Date
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 22:55:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5578 ever
Mission
Gaofen 3 is the first medium-sized and long life (8 years) civil satellite of China. The satellite is a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of up to 1m ground resolution.
Deployed payloads · 1