Ziyuan (satellite)

Ziyuan
Country of origin China/Brazil
Operator CRESDA / INPE[1]
People's Liberation Army
Applications Remote sensing
Reconnaissance
Specifications
Bus Phoenix-Eye
Design life 2-4 years
Regime Sun-synchronous
Production
Status Operational
Built 11
On order 1
Launched 10
Operational 4
Retired 5
Failed 1
Lost 1
First launch Ziyuan I-01
14 October 1999
Last launch Ziyuan III-02
30 May 2016
Related spacecraft
Derivatives CBERS

Ziyuan or Zi Yuan (Chinese: 资源 meaning resources) is a series of remote sensing satellites operated by the People's Republic of China. Several Ziyuan satellites are operated jointly with Brazil's National Institute for Space Research under the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite programme.

Ziyuan satellites are based on the Phoenix-Eye-1 or Phoenix-Eye-2 satellite buses - the Phoenix-Eye-1 is used for CBERS missions while the Phoenix-Eye-2 is used for the remaining satellites. The Ziyuan-II and III series satellites are operated by the Chinese military.

Satellites

SatelliteCOSPAR IDSATCATLaunch date[2]RocketLaunch siteStatusRemarks
Ziyuan I series
Ziyuan I-01 (CBERS-1)1999-057A2594014 October 1999, 03:15 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-7Retired 2003
Ziyuan I-02 (CBERS-2)2003-049A2805721 October 2003, 03:16 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-7Retired 2007
Ziyuan I-02B (CBERS-2B)2007-042A3206219 September 2007, 03:26 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-7Failed 2010
Ziyuan I-02C2011-079A3803822 December 2011, 03:26 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-9Operational
Ziyuan I-03 (CBERS-3)N/A9 December 2013, 03:26 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-9Launch failure
Ziyuan I-04 (CBERS-4)2014-079A403367 December 2014, 03:26 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-9Operational
Ziyuan I-04B (CBERS-4B)2018[1]CZ-4BTaiyuanOn order
Ziyuan II series
Ziyuan II-012000-050A264811 September 2000, 03:25 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-7De-orbited 3 November 2016
Ziyuan II-022002-049A2755027 October 2002, 03:17 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-7De-orbited 22 January 2015
Ziyuan II-032004-044A284706 November 2004, 03:10 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-7Presumed retired
Ziyuan III series
Ziyuan III-012012-001A380469 January 2012, 03:17 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-9Operational
Ziyuan III-022016-033A4155630 May 2016, 03:17 UTCCZ-4BTaiyuan LC-9Launched[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Krebs, Gunter. "CBERS 3, 4, 4B / ZY 1D, 1E, 1E2". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. Barbosa, Rui C. (29 May 2016). "Chinese Long March 4B lofts satellites for Ziyuan-3 and Aleph-1 programs". NASASpaceflight.com.
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