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Satellite:
CFOSAT follow-on
Satellite details
Acronym
CFOSAT follow-on
Full name
Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite - follow-on
Satellite Description
Second flight unit of the CFOSAT programme.
Main mission: sea-surface wind, altimetry and waves.
Mass at launch
650 kg
Dry mass
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data available from the CNES and CNSA mission centres.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
500 km
ECT
07:00 desc
Space agency
CNSA
, CNES
Status
Planned
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
≥2022
EOL
≥2027
Last update:
2021-10-22
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
CFOSAT follow-on
Acronym
Full name
SCAT
Scatterometer
SWIM
Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring instrument.
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
CFOSAT follow-on
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
SWIM
active
13575 - 13575 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
Ku-band radar altimeter
SCAT
active
13256 - 13256 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
Ku-band scatterometer