NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

CBERS-3

Launch Time
Mon Dec 09, 2013 03:26 UTC

Third stage engine shut down early due to a duct blockage.

Rocket

Long March 4B
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
Details

Mission Details

CBERS-3

China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 3 (CBERS-3), also known as Ziyuan I-03 or Ziyuan 1D, was a remote sensing satellite intended for operation as part of the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program between the Chinese Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application and Brazilian National Institute for Space Research. The fourth CBERS satellite to fly.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,980.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

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Stats

2013

76th orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

20th mission
2nd mission of 2013
1st failed mission