Long March 2D

Status

Success

Gaofen 9

Launch Time
Mon Sep 14, 2015 04:42 UTC

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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

Details

Mission Details

Gaofen 9

Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS) program.

Payloads: 1

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

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

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Stats

2015

50th orbital launch attempt

23rd mission

1st mission of 2015

23rd successful mission