Ziyuan-2 03

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:10:00

Saturday November 6, 2004

Mission Details

Ziyuan-2 03

Wiki

ZY-2 (Ziyuan-2, 'Resource-2'), while reported as a civilian Earth observation system, was actually code-named JB-3 (Jianbing-3) and was China's first high-resolution military imaging satellite. They are reportedly used for area surveillance. In October 2000 Chinese officials denied that the ZY-2 satellite had a military mission. It was reported to be a remote-sensing satellite equipped with CCD cameras and an infrared multispectral scanner that could only identify objects on the ground with a resolution of several dozen meters to 1 km. The new satellite employed digital-imaging technology and has a resolution of 2 m or less. The satellite was designed and built by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology and was developed indigenously. It was said to be more advanced than earlier sensing satellites and was expected to have an orbital life of two years.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Long March 4B

Active Since 1999

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-7

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

32 days 15 hours

Stats

Long March 4B


8th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2004

2004


45th

Orbital launch attempt