NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Haiyang 2C

Launch Time
Mon Sep 21, 2020 05:40 UTC

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.

Rocket

Long March 4B
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $64.68 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,993 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,200 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,500 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 46.97 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.8 m
Fairing Height: 11.74 m

Mission Details

Haiyang 2C

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,575.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 9401 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2020

74th orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

39th mission
4th mission of 2020
38th successful mission
19th consecutive successful mission