Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02
Long March 4C • Long March
ℹ️ Official Details
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)