China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 2DLaunch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Beijing 3C
Launched
May 20, 2024 · 03:06 UTC
Image: 中国航天报
Summary
Beijing 3C launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 2D from Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on May 20, 2024 at 03:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:56 to 03:46 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 470th launch, 18th this year and humanity's 6,684th orbital launch attempt. It was the 86th Long March 2D flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Beijing-3C 01, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 496 × 510 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 86th Long March 2D flight · 4th this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 470th launch18th this yearhumanity's 6,684th orbital launch attempt95th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Beijing-3C 01 · NORAD 59805 · 2024-094 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- UNKNOWN
- Epoch
- 2024-05-20 07:28:08 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.23342069 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009731
- Inclination
- 97.4696°
- Ascending node
- 212.2174°
- Arg. of perigee
- 272.7633°
- Mean anomaly
- 127.6106°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- 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
4 catalogued: 4 payloads; 4 still in orbit
- Beijing-3C 01 · NORAD 59805 · in orbit
- Beijing-3C 02 · NORAD 59806 · in orbit
- Beijing-3C 03 · NORAD 59807 · in orbit
- Beijing-3C 04 · NORAD 59808 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Commercial optical Earth observation constellation of 4 satellites for 21AT (Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Company Ltd).
Pad
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
72nd launch from Launch Complex 9, 1st this year · 127th from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: May 20, 11:06 AM GMT+8, in daylight
80 launches from this pad · 162 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
285 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 1 earlier update
Adding launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/18/2024 · source
Questions
When did Beijing 3C launch?
Beijing 3C launched on May 20, 2024 at 03:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:56 to 03:46 UTC.
Where can I watch Beijing 3C?
Coverage: Long March-2D launches four Beijing-3C satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Beijing 3C?
Long March 2D, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 2D spec sheet
Where did Beijing 3C launch from?
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was May 20, 11:06 AM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Beijing 3C reach?
Beijing-3C 01, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 496 × 510 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Beijing 3C launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).