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2016 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Tansat (CarbonSat)

successLong March 2D | Tansat (CarbonSat)

Tansat is a global CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) monitoring scientific experiment satellite and demonstration mission. The main components of the project are: The global carbon dioxide monitoring platform. A high spectral and spatial resolution CO2 detector. A multispectral cloud and aerosol detector. And a ground data processing and inversion CO2 verification system.

Overview

Date / time
December 21, 2016 at 07:22 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Mission
Tansat (CarbonSat)
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Long March 2D →
Launch provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 4

SPARK 1
LEO
SPARK 2
LEO
TANSAT
LEO
YIJIAN
LEO