2018

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

Payloads deployed · 3