Long March 2D | PIESAT-1 x 4

Name: Long March 2D | PIESAT-1 x 4
Start: 2023-03-30T10:50:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 2D · Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 416th launch · 11th this year · humanity's 6,420th orbital launch attempt

March 30, 2023Add to calendar

Success

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

Window: Mar 30, 10:43 – Mar 30, 11:26 UTC

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PIESAT-1 x 4

4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for PIESAT (1 main, 3 sub-satellites), operating in tandem using very long baseline interferometry, with resolution at 0.5 - 5 m.

Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Booster

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Long March-2D launches four PIESAT-1 satellites — SciNews

Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2023 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; payload and launch vehicle identities very uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/27/2023 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 9

78 launches from this pad · 157 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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