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CBERS-4A, ETRSS-1 & Others
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:22:00
Friday December 20, 2019
Mission Details
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Launch Notes
First Ethiopian satellite.
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1,980 kilograms
Rideshares
Other payloads were also flown on this mission: - Tianqin 1 - CAS 6 - Yuheng - Shuntian - Tianyan 01 - Tianyan 02 - Weilai 1R - FloripaSat 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
8 Payloads
ETRSS-1
A collaboration between the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI), ETRSS-1 is Ethiopia's first satellite.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
70 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
CASCPrice
$64.68 million
Rocket
Height: 46.97m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 4,200 kg
GTO: 1,500 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,993 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 11.74m
Stages
3
Launch Site
Stats
Long March 4B
35th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2019
2019
98th
Orbital launch attempt