Long March 4C

Status

Success

Ziyuan-1 02E & CAS-9

Launch Time
Sun Dec 26, 2021 03:11 UTC

Article

Rocket

Long March 4C

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

Details

Mission Details

Ziyuan-1 02E

ZY-1 02E is a Chinese Earth observation satellite. The primary objective is to acquire high-resolution panchromatic and multispectral imagery for land resource surveys, disaster monitoring, forestry, and ecological monitoring.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 2,100.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

CAS-9

The XW 3 or CAS 9 (Chinese Amateur Radio satellite 9) is a picosatellite for atmospheric physics experiments and amateur radio missions.

The satellite is built to a 6U CubeSat standard.

Payloads: 1

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

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Stats

2021

139th orbital launch attempt

38th mission

9th mission of 2021

36th successful mission

12th consecutive successful mission