NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Yaogan 21 & Tiantuo-2

Launch Time
Mon Sep 08, 2014 03:22 UTC

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

Yaogan 21

The Yaogan 21 (Remote Sensing Satellite 21) satellite series consists of optical government remote sensing satellites, likely used as military reconnaissance satellites. They appear to be the successors of the ZY-2 (JB-3) series.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Tiantuo-2

The TT 2 (Tiantuo 2) is an experimental earth observation microsatellite built by the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 67.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2014

54th orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

22nd mission
2nd mission of 2014
21st successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission