Three Gaofen 1 follow on satellites, called Gaofen 1-FO-1, -FO-2 and -FO-3 respectively, were launched from the Taiyuan launch site by a Long March 4C rocket at 0322 GMT on 30 March 2018.
The 805kg satellites which are derivatives of the earlier Gaofen series, are built by China Spacesat Co which is a civilian subsidiary of CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp). The spacecraft are civilian imaging satellites with a payload of two imaging cameras. The imaging payload has a panchromatic imaging resolution of 2m, while the multispectral resolution is 8m for a swath width of 66km.
