Successful launch. High resolution remote sensing satellite. 2020 launches: 64th overall, 58th successful, 23rd from China

Vyacheslav Ermolin, August 23, 2020





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Launch of the Gaofen-9-05 civilian Earth remote sensing satellite for the state program China High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS). Less than a meter per pixel. The fifth in the Gaofen-9 series. Two companions from the military as fellow travelers.











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23 02:27 UTC.

, LC603/94.




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CZ-2D — Chang Zheng-2D. - . . .







: Gaofen-9-05 — . China High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS). 0,5 2,0 .



: «Military Multifunctional Test Satellite» — , , .



Tiantuo-5 («-5») , , .








2020-058A: 476 x 505 x 97.496°, 94.42 . .







  • 23- . .
  • 343- - Chang Zheng (« »).
  • 51- - Chang Zheng-2D. .
  • 5- Gaofen-9. .
  • Gaofen-9 is believed to be the civilian version of the military satellite Yaogan Weixing-2 (Jianbing-6).
  • The cost of launching the launch vehicle is about $ 30 million.
  • The cost of outputting 1 kg of payload to LEO is not less than $ 8,000.


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