GF-1 SATELLITE

4 Satellites, 2 m Resolution, Optical, Free Use of 16 m Achieved Data

GF-1 (short for GaoFen-1) constellation is composed of 4 similar satellites. GF-1 is equipped with two 2 m panchromatic and 8 m multispectral cameras (PMC), and four wide-field imagers (WFI) with 16 m multi-spectral resolution and a combined swath of 800 km. The satellite allows the collection in PMC and WFI modes both simultaneously and separately. GF-1B, C or D is single-camera, collecting 2m panchromatic and 8 m multispectral resolution data. The four satellites work as a team providing massive collection, covering the whole planet only for 11 days, revisiting at any place on the Earth on a daily base.