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- Launch target
- Mission status
- Launch Successful
Previous values
- Launch target
- Mission status
- Go for Launch
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Successful
Yaogan 51-07 to 09
Long March 2C
3 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
3 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 2C
- 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 2C
The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.
- Height
- 42 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 67
- First flight
- 1982-09-09
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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