Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Yaogan-30 05
Yaogan refers to a series of Chinese reconnaissance satellites launched in the early 21st century.
Chinese media describe the satellites as intended for "scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring". Western analysts suspect that they are also used for military purposes. Analysts believe that each satellite employs either optical or synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors and that the SAR satellites are of the Jian Bing-5 series.
Payloads: 3
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2019
50th orbital launch attempt
Long March 2C
51st mission
1st mission of 2019
50th successful mission
19th consecutive successful mission