Gaofen series satellites
Zhongke Xingchen
The Gaofen series satellites are lightweight, miniaturized remote sensing satellites featuring 0.5-meter panchromatic and 2-meter multispectral cameras for high-precision imaging.
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- Mass
- 200 kg
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- Satellite
- Gaofen series satellites
- Imaging mode
- Pushbroom imaging
- Load index
- High-resolution camera
- Spatial resolution
- All colors: 0.5m Multispectral: 2m
- Width
- 12 km@500 km
- Spectral range
- P/All colors: 0.45μm ~ 0.80μm B1/Blue band: 0.45μm~0.52μm B2/Green band: 0.52μm~0.59μm B3/Red band: 0.63μm ~ 0.69μm B4/Near-infrared spectral band: 0.77μm ~ 0.89μm
- Signal-to-noise ratio
- Peak signal-to-noise ratio: 48 dB
- Total star weight
- 200 kg
About
The Gaofen series satellites are designed with a focus on lightweight and miniaturized construction, offering a combination of low cost and short cycle time. These satellites are engineered to achieve high stability, high signal-to-noise ratio, high resolution, and excellent imaging quality. They are equipped with 0.5-meter panchromatic and 2-meter multispectral cameras, enabling them to efficiently acquire high-precision remote sensing images. These capabilities make them suitable for a wide range of sophisticated applications, including urban governance, agricultural monitoring, and disaster emergency response, meeting mainstream market demands for high-quality Earth observation data.
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