WMO OSCAR | Satellite: GF-12-03

Satellite: GF-12-03

Satellite details

Acronym	GF-12-03
Full name	Gao Fen - 12-03
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	24th flight unit of the GF programme. Main mission: all-weather high-resolution land observation and disaster monitoring.
Mass at launch	2950 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	TBD
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	635 km
ECT	06:00 desc

Space agency	CNSA
Status	Operational
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	27 Jun 2022	EOL	30 Nov 2028
Last update:	2022-12-19

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Gao Fen
- DQ-1 (2022 - 2030)
- DQ-2 (2025 - 2033)
- GF-1 (2013 - 2023)
- GF-1-02 (2018 - 2024)
- GF-1-03 (2018 - 2024)
- GF-1-04 (2018 - 2024)
- GF-2 (2014 - 2024)
- GF-3 (2016 - 2024)
- GF-4 (2015 - 2024)
- GF-5 (2018 - 2020)
- GF-5-01A (2022 - 2030)
- GF-5-02 (2021 - 2028)
- GF-6 (2018 - 2026)
- GF-7 (2019 - 2027)
- GF-8 (2015 - 2024)
- GF-9 (2015 - 2024)
- GF-9-02 (2020 - 2028)
- GF-9-03 (2020 - 2028)
- GF-9-04 (2020 - 2028)
- GF-9-05 (2020 - 2028)
- GF-10 (2019 - 2027)
- GF-11 (2018 - 2026)
- GF-11-02 (2020 - 2028)
- GF-11-03 (2021 - 2028)
- GF-11-04 (2022 - 2027-11)
- GF-11-05 (2024 - 2029)
- GF-12 (2019 - 2027)
- GF-12-02 (2021 - 2029)
- GF-12-03 (2022 - 2028-11)
- GF-12-04 (2023 - 2029)
- GF-12-05 (2024 - 2029-11)
- GF-13 (2020 - 2028)
- GF-13-02 (2023 - 2030)
- GF-14 (2020 - 2028)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on GF-12-03

Acronym	Full name
SAR-C	Synthetic Aperture Radar, C-band

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on GF-12-03

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
SAR-C	Synthetic Aperture Radar, C-band	27 Jun 2022 *	30 Nov 2028 *	Active *

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed

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