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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Long March 3B/E | L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
China’s (and globally) first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite being put into geosynchronous orbit. It can provide unprecedented all-time Earth observations of an area near the same longitude and can provide unique non-interrupted observations for various uses.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
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