China launched a new hyperspectral Earth observation satellite, Gaofen 5. A Long March 4C rocket launched from
China Aerospace Science Corporation andEngineering (CASC) announced the launch after the satellite entered its planned orbit. According to US space monitoring, the satellite was in an orbit with an altitude of about 685 km, tilted at 98 degrees.
Its sun-synchronous orbit means thatthe satellite will pass by the same point on the Earth at the same local time every day. Gaofen 5 (02) was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (SAST). The satellite is based on the SAST3000 platform and carries seven instruments for hyperspectral monitoring of the atmosphere, water and earth.
3D printed metal floor for a house on the moon
Hyperspectral imaging means that the satellitewill track hundreds of very narrow channels of light, from ultraviolet to long-wave infrared, which will allow the satellite to obtain images indicating the chemical and physical composition of objects in the image.
The new satellite will join other optical andthe Gaofen series of remote sensing radar satellites, which together form the China High Resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS). The first CHEOS satellite, Gaofen 1, was launched in 2013. Little is known about the newer Gaofen series satellites that can capture very high resolution optical images. The first satellite, Gaofen 5, was launched in 2018.
To read Further:
New iOS 15: release date, iPhone design and features. We tell everything that is known
An ultra-thin material was made from white graphene. It will replace servers
See a heavy attack drone that carries a ton of weapons