Gaofen-12

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:52:00

Wednesday November 27, 2019

Mission Details

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Gaofen-12

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The satellite is mainly used for land census, urban planning, land rights, road network design, crop estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation, etc., and can provide information guarantee for the construction of the Belt and Road and the modernization of national defense.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Long March 4C

Active Since 2006

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$64.68 million

Rocket

Height: 46.97m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 4,200 kg

GTO: 1,500 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,993 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.8m

Height: 11.74m

Stages

3

Launch Site

LC-9

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

16 days 20 hours

Stats

Long March 4C


28th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2019

2019


87th

Orbital launch attempt