NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

CBERS-4A, ETRSS-1 & Others

Launch Time
Fri Dec 20, 2019 03:22 UTC

First Ethiopian satellite.

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
Details

Mission Details

CBERS-4A

The China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program (CBERS) is a technological cooperation program between Brazil and China that develops and operates Earth observation satellites.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,980.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Wiki

ETRSS-1

A collaboration between the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI), ETRSS-1 is Ethiopia's first satellite.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 70.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Wiki

Rideshares

Other payloads were also flown on this mission:
- Tianqin 1
- CAS 6
- Yuheng
- Shuntian
- Tianyan 01
- Tianyan 02
- Weilai 1R
- FloripaSat 1

Payloads: 8
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Wiki

Stats

2019

98th orbital launch attempt

Long March 4B

35th mission
4th mission of 2019
34th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission