Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Ziyuan-3 01
Ziyuan 3-01 or ZY 3-01 (Chinese: 资源三号 meaning Resources 3) is a Chinese Earth observation satellite. It is a high-resolution imaging satellite operated by the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,630.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
VesselSat-2
VesselSat-2 (aka Orbcomm FM43, V2) was a Luxembourgian microsatellite built and owned by LuxSpace and operated by Orbcomm under lease. It carried a receiver for Automatic Identification System signals, used to track ships at sea. VesselSat-2 was the second of two VesselSat spacecraft (see VesselSat-1), which were built by LuxSpace for Orbcomm, as replacements for the AIS capabilities of the failed Orbcomm-QL spacecraft.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 29.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2012
1st orbital launch attempt
Long March 4B
17th mission
1st mission of 2012
17th successful mission