GF-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Gaofen-2
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
19 Aug 2014
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97.196 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
97.9 deg
Orbit Altitude
631 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
69 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

MUX (GF-2) - Multispectral CCD Camera
PAN (GF-2) - Panchromatic and multispectral imager

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandAlbedo and reflectance MUX (GF-2)
Landscape topography PAN (GF-2)
Vegetation MUX (GF-2), PAN (GF-2)
Multi-purpose imagery (land) MUX (GF-2), PAN (GF-2)

OpenSearch Datasets

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