BackForward Satellite: HY-3A (or GF-3 (02)) 

Satellite details
Acronym HY-3A (or GF-3 (02))
Full name Hai Yang-3A
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • First flight unit of the HY-3 satellite programme.
  • Also referred to as GaoFen-3 (02) and CSAR-01
  • GaoFen-3 was the prototype satellite
  • Main mission: all-weather high-resolution land observation and disaster monitoring.
Mass at launch 2779 kg Dry mass
Power
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • TBD
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 740 km
ECT 06:00 desc

 

Space agency NSOAS , CAST
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 22 Nov 2021 EOL ≥2029
Last update: 2025-01-14
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 HY-3A (or GF-3 (02))

Acronym Full name
SAR-C Synthetic Aperture Radar, C-band
AIS Automated Identification System
Show instrument status and calibration
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 0 MHz - C-band SAR