China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 4BLaunch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
CBERS-4
Launched
December 7, 2014
Image: CASC
Summary
CBERS-4 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 4B from Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 7, 2014. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 146th launch, 12th this year and humanity's 5,431st orbital launch attempt. It was the 23rd Long March 4B flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Zi Yuan 1-04, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 745 × 755 km orbit inclined 98.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 23rd Long March 4B flight · 3rd this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 146th launch12th this yearhumanity's 5,431st orbital launch attempt82nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Zi Yuan 1-04 · NORAD 40336 · 2014-079 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2014-079A
- Epoch
- 2014-12-07 10:12:12 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.44714889 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006936
- Inclination
- 98.5473°
- Ascending node
- 53.6264°
- Arg. of perigee
- 264.3508°
- Mean anomaly
- 241.1849°
- 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
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- Zi Yuan 1-04 · NORAD 40336 · in orbit
CZ-4B Y32 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
CBERS-4 is the fourth China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite, a joint INPE-CAST optical imaging satellite carrying four cameras for land-use, agricultural and deforestation monitoring; it was built quickly to replace CBERS-3, lost in a 2013 launch failure.
Pad
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
20th launch from Launch Complex 9, 5th this year · 54th from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
80 launches from this pad · 162 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
22 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did CBERS-4 launch?
CBERS-4 launched on December 7, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch CBERS-4?
Coverage: China launches CBERS-4 satellite on Long March rockets' 200th mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched CBERS-4?
Long March 4B, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 4B spec sheet
Where did CBERS-4 launch from?
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did CBERS-4 reach?
Zi Yuan 1-04, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 745 × 755 km orbit inclined 98.5°.
How many satellites did CBERS-4 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).