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GAOFEN-5 02
Chinese Hyperspectral Atmospheric Monitoring Satellite · CNSA / CRESDA (China)
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Gaofen-5 02, carrying a hyperspectral imager sensitive enough to detect specific air pollutants by their unique chemical light signature — China uses it to monitor smog composition over its own cities in a level of chemical detail most nations' environmental agencies can't match from the ground.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 437–439 mi (703–706 km)
- Inclination
- 98.3°
- One orbit
- 98.7 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 49122
- Int’l designator
- 2021-079A
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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