Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
06:37:00
Friday November 21, 2014
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Last flight of the Kuaizhou 1 version.
Kuaizhou 2 is reportedly a satellite for natural disaster monitoring. It will be used to monitor natural disasters and provide disaster-relief information for its user, the National Remote Sensing Center of China, a public institution under the Ministry of Science and Technology. Likely the satellite is integrated with the upper stage of the launch vehicle, which is consistent with only one object detected in orbit. It performed several orbital manoeuvres. Reportedly, it carries a different kind of imaging payload than Kuaizhou 1.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Manufacturer
CASICRocket
Height: 13.6m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 100 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
500 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 1m
Height: 3.1m
Stages
4
2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2014
75th
Orbital launch attempt