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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
04:37:38
Tuesday December 22, 2020
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First flight of Long March 8.
XJY-7 is an Earth observation satellite with a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar). It is likely to be part of a technical trial to create a two-satellite SAR observation network, one in GEO, and the other in LEO.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
3,000 kilograms
Yuanguang is a 12U CubeSat built by Tianyi Research (Spacety) carrying payloads for two customers. The payloads are a space tribology payload for the Hubei University of Technology and a GNSS-RO meteorology payload for Tianjin Yunyao Aerospace Tech Co.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
20 kilograms
The Haisi-1 satellite is jointly developed by the 38 Institute of China Electricity Science and Technology (CECT) and the Institute of Astronomical Research (IARI), which started its development work in June 2019. Haisi-1 is the first test satellite of a 200-kg class, 1-meter resolution, C-band SAR remote sensing satellite based on active phased array antenna, which is the first of its kind in China, aimed at the needs of industry, academia, and research in marine scientific research and remote sensing applications, and exploring new modes of commercial spaceflight.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
200 kilograms
Apocalypse (also transcribed Tianqi) is a series of small Chinese experimental LEO comsats by Guodian Gaoke for IoT (Internet of Things) communications, which also carry a camera for educational purposes.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
50 kilograms
Zhixing-1A is a 6U remote sensing satellite equipped with the micro-nano momentum wheel and wheel control chip components independently developed by the Beijing Institute of Technology, and the satellite data will serve remote sensing application markets such as China and Ethiopia. The satellite is jointly named by the Beijing Shenfei Academy of Space Application Technology and Beijing Aerospace Cloud Education Technology Co.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
8 kilograms
Agency
CASCPrice
$27.00 million
Rocket
Height: 50m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 7,600 kg
GTO: 2,500 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,752 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4m
Height: 12.1m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
2
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2020
112th
Orbital launch attempt