Gaofen-3 (GF-3)

Gaofen-3 is the first low-orbital Chinese satellite that is equipped with a multi-polarized C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) at meter-level resolution. Its imaging modes include spot mode, strip-map mode and scan mode.

Hokkaido Island, Japan, 10 September 2018. Gaofen-3 SAR satellite ©CRESDA

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Spacecraft design and mission details

Name	Gaofen-3
Country	China
Developer	CAST/BISSE (China’s Academy of Space Technology/Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering)
Operator	China Center For Resources Satellite Data and Application
Launch vehicle	CZ-4C
Launch date	19 August 2014
Launch site	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Date of deactivation	-
Orbit: Type Altitude, km Inclination, deg.	Sun-synchronous 758 98,4
Mission duration, years	8
Revisit frequency, days	1,5 – 3
Mass, kg	2950

Gaofen-3 is the first Chinese high-resolution SAR satellite to acquire multi-polarized SAR image with resolution of 1-500 meters and cover a total swath of 10-650 kilometers. The satellite provides imaging in 12 different modes. The maximum working duration is 50 minutes.

Applications:

Emergency management and emergency preventing;
Climate change monitoring;
Environmental monitoring;
Mapping;
Mining exploration;
Agricultural management.

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