Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Yaogan 30
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: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
Site 9401 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2016
29th orbital launch attempt
Long March 2D
28th mission
2nd mission of 2016
28th successful mission