2016

2016 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Gaofen 3

successLong March 4C | Gaofen 3

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.

Overview

Date / time
August 9, 2016 at 10:55 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Mission
Gaofen 3
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Payloads deployed · 1