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Long March 2C | MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01

CZ-2C | MUST

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 2C · Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 421st launch · 16th this year · humanity's 6,442nd orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--May 21, 2023 · 08:00 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: May 21, 07:50 – May 21, 10:16 UTC

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MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01

Macau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to study the different layers of the Earth’s magnetosphere system, particularly in the South Atlantic Anomaly by studying the origin and evolution of the geomagnetic field and the geomagnetic inversion mechanism, and draw a high-precision and high-resolution lithospheric geomagnetic map. Luojia-2 01 is a 0.5 m resolution Earth observation Synthetic-aperture radar satellite from Wuhan University.

Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/21/2023 · source

  • Added launch per NOTAMs; payload and launch vehicle identity uncertain.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/20/2023 · source

Pad — Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

Local pad time: May 21, 4:00 PM GMT+8

137 launches from this pad · 292 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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