NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

PIESAT-1 x 4

Launch Time
Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:50 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

PIESAT-1 x 4

4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for PIESAT (1 main, 3 sub-satellites), operating in tandem using very long baseline interferometry, with resolution at 0.5 - 5 m.

Payloads: 4
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2023

52nd orbital launch attempt

Long March 2D

75th mission
3rd mission of 2023
74th successful mission
43rd consecutive successful mission