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Long March 2C/SM | Tan Ce 1
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 2C/SM · Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 20th launch · 7th this year · humanity's 4,639th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 29, 19:06 – Dec 29, 19:06 UTC
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Tan Ce 1
The Double Star spacecraft, called also Tan Ce (TC) which in Chinese means ‘Probe‘, is a joint Chinese and ESA mission to study the effect of the Sun on the Earth's environment. The polar spacecraft (TC-2) will monitor the energy input from the solar wind into the polar ionosphere. The equatorial spacecraft (TC-1) will investigate the so-called substorm process, when it is in the Earth's magnetotail, and the entry of solar particle on the front side of the magnetosphere.
Earth Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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Pad — Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
108 launches from this pad · 241 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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