GF-4 Mission

Identifiergf-4NamesGaofen-4GF-4 About identifiers

Objectives and Applications

Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Gaofen-4
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
CNSA
Launch Date
29 Dec 2015
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Dec 2026
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
0 deg
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
41194
International Designator
2015-083A

Mission Instruments

MWIR (GF-4) - Medium Wavelength Infrared Camera gf-4_mwir-gf-4
VNIR (GF-4) - Visible and Near-Infrared Camera gf-4_vnir-gf-4

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandMulti-purpose imagery (land) MWIR (GF-4), VNIR (GF-4)

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