GF-1 satellite carries 2 sets of 2m/8m panchromatic & multispectral cameras and 4 sets of 16m multispectral wide cameras.

GF-1 Specifications of the satellite payloads

parameters
2m/8m panchromatic & multispectral cameras
16m multispectral wide cameras
Spectral range
panchromatic
0.45——0.90μm

multispectral
0.45——0.52μm
0.45——0.52μm
0.52——0.59μm
0.52——0.59μm
0.63——0.69μm
0.63——0.69μm
0.77——0.89μm
0.77——0.89μm
Spatial Resolution
panchromatic
2m
16m
multispectral
8m
width
60km(2 cameras combination)
800km(4 cameras combination)
Revisiting Period(off-nadir)
4 day

Revisiting Period(nadir)
41 day
4 day

Image of Tiananmen, Beijing

Image of Beijing National Stadium

GF-1 The data are analyzed in various industries

Trade
Application area
Moniyor
Safety
Public security and marritime surveillance and law enforcement
Illegal plant planting
Illegal crossings of the boundary
Smuggling site surveillance
Reclamation monitoring
Floating raft culture area monitoring
Environment
Disasters and environmental protection
Agricultural loss assessment
International disaster reduction
Water conservancy and supervision
Housing damage assessment
Urgent repair of transportation facilities
Earthquake flood prevention and control
Sea
Dutchman's supervision
Dynamic surveillance of vessel
Classification of ship
Monitoring of offshore oil and gas platforms
Remote sensing
RSER
City image
Land image
Road damage extraction