Tansat (CarbonSat)
Long March 2D
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
Tansat (CarbonSat)
Type: Earth Science
Tansat is a global CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) monitoring scientific experiment satellite and demonstration mission.
The main components of the project are:
The global carbon dioxide monitoring platform.
A high spectral and spatial resolution CO2 detector.
A multispectral cloud and aerosol detector.
And a ground data processing and inversion CO2 verification system.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China
207 rockets have launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China.
Agency
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation – CASC
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: CASC
- Administration: Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei
- Founded: 1999
- Launchers: Long March
- Country: CHN
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
