Pujiang-2 & Tiankun-2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:50:00

Tuesday March 29, 2022

Mission Details

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Launch Notes

First flight of Long March 6A. First Chinese rocket to use solid boosters.

Pujiang-2

The Pujiang-2 satellite was developed by SAST for scientific experimental research, land and resources census, and other tasks.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Tiankun-2

The Tiankun-2 satellite was developed by the Space Engineering Group of the second academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) for "experimental verification of space environment sensing technology". Tiankun-2 is the successor of the Tiankun-1 satellite launched in 2017, which tested the performance of a small satellite bus. This new satellite inherits the "high functional density" of the previous satellite, while being smaller and lower cost, and will verify new attitude and orbit control algorithms, multifunctional flexible cladding materials, and computational optical imaging.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Rocket

Active
Long March 6A

Active Since 2022

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Rocket

Height: 50m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 5,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,230 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.2m

Height: 5.7m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

LC-9A

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

20 days 2 hours

Stats

Long March 6


9th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2022

2022


32nd

Orbital launch attempt