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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.
Gaofen-3 (GF-3) images
Hokkaido Island, Japan, 10 September 2018. Gaofen-3 SAR satellite ©CRESDA
Hokkaido Island, Japan, 10 September 2018. Gaofen-3 SAR satellite ©CRESDA
Spacecraft design and mission details
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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