Official name SUPERVIEW-1 01
Alternative name SuperView 1-1
Cospar ID 2016-083A
Norad ID 41907
Launch date 2016-12-28
Launch site TSC
Launch vehicle CZ-2D (2)
Country/Organization China
Type application Earth observation
Operator Siwei Star Company
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 93.57
Inclination (deg) 97.44
Perigee (km) 443
Apogee (km) 455
Eccentricity 0.0133630289532294
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.3895479320295
Semi-Major axis (km) 6827.135
Raan (deg) 218.4972
Arg of perigee (deg) 336.298
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 600
Height (m) 2
Width (m) 1.5
Depth (m) 1.5
Span (m^2) 4
Contractors CAST
Propulsion ?
Configuration CAST3000B
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

GaoJing-1, also known as SuperView-1 is a constellation of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites operated by Beijing Space View Tech Co Ltd.

The constellation intially consists of two satellites. It operates at an altitude of 500 km and provides imagery with 0.5 m panchromatic resolution and 2 m multispectral resolution. The swath width is 12 km and the descending node time is 10:30 am. It possesses high agility and runs with multiple collection modes including long strip, multiple strips collect, multiple point targets collect and stereo imaging. The maximum single scene can be 60 km × 70 km. These satellites will be spaced by 180° on the same orbit.

The first pair was launched on 28 December 2016 on a CZ-2D (2) rocket. A launch mishap left these satellites in a lower than planned orbit. The satellites used their own propulsion to raise their orbit to the planned height, although at the expense of lifetime.

A second group of two satellite of this type was launched in early 2018, bringing the constellation to four satellites phased 90° from each other on the same orbit.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
SUPERVIEW-1 01 2016-083A 2016-12-28 TSC CZ-2D (2) with GaoJing-1 02, BY 1
SUPERVIEW-1 02 2016-083B 2016-12-28 TSC CZ-2D (2) with GaoJing-1 01, BY 1
SUPERVIEW-1 03 2018-002A 2018-01-09 TSC CZ-2D (2) with GaoJing-1 04
SUPERVIEW-1 04 2018-002B 2018-01-09 TSC CZ-2D (2) with GaoJing-1 03