NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Chuangxin-1 04 & Lingqiao

Launch Time
Thu Sep 04, 2014 00:15 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2D
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $29.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,962 kN
Payload to LEO: 3,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,200 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 40.77 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.35 m
Fairing Height: 7.82 m

Mission Details

Chuangxin-1 04

CX-1 (Chuang Xin 1, Innovation 1) is a mini "store and forward" communications satellite developed by CAS (China Academy of Science), Shanghai Academy of Space Technology, and Shanghai Telecomm. Fourth and final satellite in a series of 4.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 88.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Lingqiao

Ling Qiao (LQ) is an experimental low earth orbit satellite for multimedia communications, developed by Tsinghua University and Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Co.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 135.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2014

52nd orbital launch attempt

Long March 2D

21st mission
1st mission of 2014
21st successful mission