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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 6Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
20 Amateur satellites
Launched
September 19, 2015
Summary
Long March 6 maiden flight (20 microsatellites) launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 6 from Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on September 19, 2015. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 156th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 5,494th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Long March 6 flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Zhineng hao shouji weixing, one of 15 catalogued objects, reached a 523 × 543 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 15 objects from this launch are catalogued, 14 of them payloads.
- Watch
- China Launches Long March-6 Carrier Rocket into SpaceCCTV Video News Agency
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Long March 6 flightChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 156th launch7th this yearhumanity's 5,494th orbital launch attempt52nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Zhineng hao shouji weixing · NORAD 40900 · 2015-049 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 15 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2015-049B
- Epoch
- 2015-09-20 06:58:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.13347788 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0014562
- Inclination
- 97.4544°
- Ascending node
- 271.4592°
- Arg. of perigee
- 275.907°
- Mean anomaly
- 208.3109°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
15 catalogued: 14 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- Zhineng hao shouji weixing · NORAD 40900 · re-entered March 29, 2023
- Zheda Pixing 2A · NORAD 40901 · re-entered January 19, 2024
- Zheda Pixing 2B · NORAD 40902 · re-entered December 27, 2023
- XW-2A · NORAD 40903 · re-entered April 25, 2023
- Kaituo-1 · NORAD 40904 · re-entered November 16, 2024
- XW-2C · NORAD 40906 · re-entered February 21, 2025
- XW-2D · NORAD 40907 · re-entered November 19, 2024
- Zidingxiang-2 · NORAD 40908 · in orbit
- XW-2E · NORAD 40909 · re-entered March 28, 2024
- XW-2F · NORAD 40910 · re-entered April 1, 2024
- XW-2B · NORAD 40911 · re-entered November 22, 2024
- DCBB · NORAD 40912 · re-entered January 21, 2024
Show 2 more payloads
- Luliang-1 · re-entered March 31, 2025
- Naxing-2 · in orbit
CZ-6 Y1 Stage 3 · re-entered February 2, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The first flight of China's Long March 6 light launcher carried twenty small satellites from Chinese universities and institutes, including the Kaituo-1, Xiwang-2 amateur-radio, Zheda Pixing 2 and LilacSat-2 spacecraft, into sun-synchronous orbit.
Pad
Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
1st launch from Launch Complex 16, 1st this year · 58th from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
16 launches from this pad · 162 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Long March 6 maiden flight (20 microsatellites) launch?
Long March 6 maiden flight (20 microsatellites) launched on September 19, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Long March 6 maiden flight (20 microsatellites)?
Coverage: China Launches Long March-6 Carrier Rocket into Space. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Long March 6 maiden flight (20 microsatellites)?
Long March 6, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 6 spec sheet
Where did Long March 6 maiden flight (20 microsatellites) launch from?
Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Long March 6 maiden flight (20 microsatellites) reach?
Zhineng hao shouji weixing, one of 15 catalogued objects, reached a 523 × 543 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Long March 6 maiden flight (20 microsatellites) launch?
14 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).