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Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite (TECIS)
Long March 4B
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This page records Long March 4B | Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite (TECIS) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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LAUNCH SITETaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
Note: Launch vehicle and payload uncertain. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Monitoring Satellite (TECIS) is intended to evaluate forest biomass, measure atmospheric aerosol content, and detect photosynthetic fluorescence. These measurements will contribute to efforts to combat global warming. The satellite carries 4 instruments: Multi-Beam LIDAR, Directional Multi-Spectral Camera, Directional Polarization Camera, and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Hyper-Spectral Monitor (SIFIS) The satellite will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit at a height of 506 km, at 10:30 AM local time in the descending mode, with a designed lifetime of 8 years.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 4B
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 9
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The vehicle
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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
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Launch site & orbit
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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