WMO OSCAR | Satellite: GF-3

Satellite: GF-3

Satellite details

Acronym	GF-3
Full name	Gao Fen - 3
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	6th 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	758 km
ECT	06:00 desc

Space agency	CNSA
Status	Operational
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	09 Aug 2016	EOL	≥2025
Last update:	2025-01-09

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 (2026 - 2033)
- GF-1 (2013 - 2023)
- GF-1-02 (2018 - 2025)
- GF-1-03 (2018 - 2025)
- GF-1-04 (2018 - 2025)
- GF-2 (2014 - 2025)
- GF-3 (2016 - 2025)
- GF-3(02) or CSAR-01 (2021 - 2029)
- GF-3(03) or CSAR-02 (2022 - 2030)
- GF-4 (2015 - 2025)
- 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 - 2025)
- GF-9 (2015 - 2025)
- 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-3

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

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on GF-3

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
SAR-C	Synthetic Aperture Radar, C-band	09 Nov 2016 *	≥2025 *	Active

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed

Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control

Earth observation MW frequencies

Service	Sensing mode	Frequency (GHz)	Bandwidth (MHz)	Polarisation	Comments
SAR-C	active	5.4 GHz - 5.4 GHz	-	-	C-band SAR