Status
Success
Double Star P
Launch Time
Sun Jul 25, 2004 07:05 UTC
Sun Jul 25, 2004 07:05 UTC
Last flight of CZ-2C with an SM upper stage.
Rocket
Mission Details
Double Star P (TC-2)
Double Star is a joint satellite-based space mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). It is the first space mission launched by China to investigate Earth's magnetosphere. It consists of two satellites: an Equatorial satellite (TC-1) and a Polar satellite (TC-2). Double Star follows in the footsteps of ESA's Cluster mission by studying the effects of the Sun on the Earth's environment. After a nominal mission of one year (from the launch of TC-2 in July 2004), the Double Star mission was extended twice by both agencies till the end of September 2007.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 660.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit
Location
LC-7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2004
29th orbital launch attempt
Long March 2C
21st mission
2nd mission of 2004
21st successful mission