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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:51:00
Friday December 21, 2018
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Hongyun-1 is a test satellite for the Hongyun constellation, a planned network of Chinese communications satellites built by the state-owned hi-tech company CASIC.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
CASCPrice
$5.30 million
Rocket
Height: 20.8m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 530 kg
GTO: 2 kg
Liftoff Thrust
1,176 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2m
Height: 5m
Stages
4
5th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2018
110th
Orbital launch attempt