GF-5 Mission

Identifiergf-5NamesGaofen-5GF-5 About identifiers

Objectives and Applications

High-definition Hyperspectral Earth Observation System for detecting greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, O3), atmospheric infrared, atmospheric trace gases and multi-angle polarization.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Gaofen-5
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
CNSA
Launch Date
08 May 2018
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2026
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98.805 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
708 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
13:30
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
43461
International Designator
2018-043A

Mission Instruments

AHSI - The Advanced Hyperspectral Imager gf-5_ahsi
AIUS - Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral gf-5_aius
DPC - Directional Polarization Camera gf-5_dpc
EMI - Environment Monitoring Instrument gf-5_emi
GMI - Greenhouse-gases Monitoring Instrument gf-5_gmi-gf-5

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols DPC
Atmospheric Humidity Fields DPC
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature DPC
Cloud particle properties and profile DPC
Ozone AIUS
Trace gases (excluding ozone) AHSI, AIUS, EMI, GMI

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