BJ-1 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Earth Observation.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Beijing-1 Small Satellite
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NRSCC
Launch Date
27 Oct 2005
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
27 Oct 2010
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
98.17 deg
Orbit Altitude
686 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
28890 (TLE)
International Designator
2005-043A

Mission Instruments

MSI (BJ-1) - Multispectral Imager
PAN (BJ-1) - Panchromatic Imager

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandAlbedo and reflectance MSI (BJ-1), PAN (BJ-1)
Multi-purpose imagery (land) MSI (BJ-1), PAN (BJ-1)

Featured Datasets

IMAGE2007 European Coverage
Jan-2007
Coverage captured by the DMC constellation (UK-DMC, Beijing-1 and NigeriaSat-1). Images are derived from 32 m resolution optical images from the SLIM-6 instrument. The products avaliable are L1R: Band registered product derived from the L0R product, and L1T: Orthorectified product derived from the L1R product using manually collected GCPs from IMAGE2000 and SRTM DEM V3.1 data. Access is provided through the ESA TPM scheme. - Read more
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