2018 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
CFOSAT
successLong March 2C | CFOSAT
CFOSAT (China-France Oceanography SATellite) is a joint mission of the Chinese (CNSA) and French (CNES) space agencies with the goal to monitor the ocean surface winds and waves and to provide information on related ocean and atmospheric science and applications. The primary objective of CFOSAT is to monitor on a global scale the wind and waves at the ocean surface.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 29, 2018 at 12:43 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Mission
- CFOSAT
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit