WMO OSCAR | Satellite: GF-13

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Satellite: GF-13

Satellite details

Acronym	GF-13
Full name	Gao Fen - 13
Satellite Description	21st flight unit of the GF programme. Main mission: high-resolution land observation and disaster monitoring. Instrument description not yet available. Presumably, improved version of the GF-4 imager, with the resolution improved to 15 m.
Mass at launch	4600 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Dual-use (military-civilian). Data not openly available.
Orbit	Geostationary orbit	Altitude	35786 km
Longitude	118° E

Space agency	CNSA
Status	Operational
Details on Status (as available)	Position not yet known.
Launch	11 Oct 2020	EOL	≥2028
Last update:	2022-01-10

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 - 2022)
- GF-1-02 (2018 - 2022)
- GF-1-03 (2018 - 2022)
- GF-1-04 (2018 - 2022)
- GF-2 (2014 - 2022)
- GF-3 (2016 - 2024)
- GF-3-02 (2021 - 2029)
- GF-3-03 (2022 - 2030)
- GF-4 (2015 - 2023)
- GF-5 (2018 - 2020)
- GF-5-02 (2021 - 2028)
- GF-6 (2018 - 2026)
- GF-7 (2019 - 2027)
- GF-8 (2015 - 2023)
- GF-9 (2015 - 2023)
- 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-12 (2019 - 2027)
- GF-12-02 (2021 - 2029)
- GF-13 (2020 - 2028)
- GF-14 (2020 - 2028)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on GF-13

Acronym	Full name

Satellite Field of View

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