NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Ziyuan-3 01 & VesselSat-2

Launch Time
Mon Jan 09, 2012 03:17 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $64.68 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,993 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,200 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,500 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 46.97 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.8 m
Fairing Height: 11.74 m

Mission Details

Ziyuan-3 01

Ziyuan 3-01 or ZY 3-01 (Chinese: 资源三号 meaning Resources 3) is a Chinese Earth observation satellite. It is a high-resolution imaging satellite operated by the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,630.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

VesselSat-2

VesselSat-2 (aka Orbcomm FM43, V2) was a Luxembourgian microsatellite built and owned by LuxSpace and operated by Orbcomm under lease. It carried a receiver for Automatic Identification System signals, used to track ships at sea. VesselSat-2 was the second of two VesselSat spacecraft (see VesselSat-1), which were built by LuxSpace for Orbcomm, as replacements for the AIS capabilities of the failed Orbcomm-QL spacecraft.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 29.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2012

1st orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

17th mission
1st mission of 2012
17th successful mission