CFOSAT

Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite

Launched in:	2018
Repeat cycle:	13 days
Orbit height:	519 km
Orbit type:	Sun Synchronous
Organisation:	CNSA - China
Sea surface wind, altimetry and waves Joint mission CNSA (China) and CNES (France) Launched 29 Oct 2018.

Information

ESA eoPortal - CFOSAT
CNES - CFOSAT

SCAT (Wind Scatterometer)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band Ku (13.256 GHz) (SAR-K)			10000 (50000)	1000

SWIM (Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring instrument)