China News Agency, Beijing, August 4 (Ma Shuaisha Zhang Wei) The reporter learned from the China National Space Administration that at 11:08 on August 4, China used the Long March 4B carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center and successfully launched the first launch vehicle. A terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite "Jumang".
The satellite will provide remote sensing monitoring services in the fields of carbon storage monitoring, detailed investigation of ecological resources, and monitoring and evaluation of major national ecological projects.
Pictured is the launch site.
Photo courtesy: Zheng Bin
The "Jumang" satellite is a scientific research satellite in the national civil space infrastructure medium and long-term development plan. It operates in a sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of 506 kilometers and an inclination of 97.4 degrees. Comprehensive remote sensing means to realize the detection and measurement of vegetation biomass, atmospheric aerosols, vegetation chlorophyll fluorescence and other elements.
The satellite will be widely used in terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring, terrestrial ecology and resource investigation and monitoring, monitoring and evaluation of major national ecological projects, atmospheric environment monitoring, and research on aerosol effects in climate change. It will also serve the acquisition of elevation control points and disaster monitoring. To meet the needs of assessment, remote sensing monitoring of agricultural conditions, etc., the quantitative level of China's land remote sensing has been significantly improved.
Pictured is the launch site.
Photo courtesy: Zheng Bin
The "Jumang" satellite is an aerospace operation to implement "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets".
After the satellite is in orbit, the active-passive remote sensing system can be used to obtain multi-element remote sensing information of the global forest carbon sink, improve the efficiency and accuracy of carbon sink measurement, change the traditional manual carbon sink measurement method, and promote carbon peaking for China. Carbon neutrality provides important remote sensing support to help China's statistical monitoring and accounting capabilities for forests, grasslands, wetlands, and desertified land.
The mission also successfully carried Jiaotong-4 satellite and two small satellites of Minhang Juvenile Satellite.
The Jiaotong-4 satellite will collect information related to global ship navigation, flight status and global Internet of Things in orbit.
Minhang Juvenile Star will provide services for primary and secondary school students to participate in aerospace scientific research and engineering practice such as satellite design, development, loading, and launch, and carry out scientific research on the application of space-earth integrated carbon source monitoring.
This mission is the 430th launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets.
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