NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Yaogan-30 06

Launch Time
Tue Mar 24, 2020 03:43 UTC

Payload identity not confirmed.

Rocket

Long March 2C
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $30.8 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,962 kN
Payload to LEO: 2,850 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 42.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.35 m
Fairing Height: 8.37 m

Mission Details

Yaogan-30 06

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.

Payloads: 3
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2020

23rd orbital launch attempt

Long March 2C

52nd mission
1st mission of 2020
51st successful mission
20th consecutive successful mission