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Yaogan 43 Group 02
Long March 4B
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This page records Long March 4B | Yaogan 43 Group 02 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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LAUNCH SITEXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
The Yaogan 43 Group 02 is a group of Chinese military “remote sensing” satellites of unknown purposes.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 4B
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Long March 4B
The Long March 4B (Chinese: 长征四号乙火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 4B, CZ-4B and LM-4B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits.
- Height
- 44.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 56
- First flight
- 1999-05-10
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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