Haiyang 2C

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

05:40:00

Monday September 21, 2020

Mission Details

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Launch Notes

10th flight of the Long March 4B from Jiuquan. The first stage has been equipped with grid fins to control its descent. One of the grid fins was reused from the November 2019 flight. This is the first time that a reused part flies on a Chinese launcher.

Haiyang 2C

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Haiyang 2C (Chinese: "Ocean"), abbreviated HY-2C, is a marine remote sensing satellite series planned by China. The spacecraft is three-axis stabilized using the CAST968 satellite platform. The spacecraft is being developed by the DFH (Dongfanghong Satellite Corporation Ltd.), a spin-off company of CASC (China Aerospace Science &Technology Corporation), Beijing, China. The spacecraft has a pointing precision of < 0.1º in pitch, roll, and yaw and a pointing knowledge of < 0.05º. The HY-2C spacecraft will be operated by NSOAS (National Satellite Ocean Application Service) for a nominal lifetime of 3 years.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1,575 kilograms

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

Site 9401 (SLS-2)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 18 hours

Stats

Long March 4B


39th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2020

2020


74th

Orbital launch attempt