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Long March 4C | Gaofen 3
Long March 4C
Aug 9, 2016, 10:55 PM UTC
Aug 9, 2016, 10:55 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
Gaofen 3 is the first medium-sized and long life (8 years) civil satellite of China. The satellite is a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of up to 1m ground resolution.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 9
- Location
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- 🇨🇳 CHN