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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:43:00
Tuesday March 24, 2020
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Payload identity not confirmed.
Yaogan refers to a series of Chinese reconnaissance satellites launched in the early 21st century. 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.
Low Earth Orbit
3 Payloads
Agency
CASCPrice
$30.80 million
Rocket
Height: 42m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 2,850 kg
GTO: 1,000 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,962 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3.35m
Height: 8.37m
Stages
2
52nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2020
23rd
Orbital launch attempt