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Long March 2D | Zhangheng-1-02

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

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 528th launch · 27th this year · humanity's 6,981st orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--June 14, 2025 · 07:56 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

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

Window: Jun 14, 07:48 – Jun 14, 08:22 UTC

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Zhangheng-1-02

Zhangheng 1-02, also known as CSES-02 (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite-02), is the follow-on mission to Zhangheng 1/CSES, a Chinese–Italian space mission dedicated to monitoring the electromagnetic field and waves, plasma parameters, and particle fluxes induced by natural sources and artificial emitters in near-Earth space, to study their correlations with the occurrence of seismic events. The satellite mission is part of a collaboration program between the CNSA (China National Space Administration) and ASI (Italian Space Agency), and developed by CEA (China Earthquake Administration) and INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics), together with several Chinese and Italian Universities and research Institutes.

Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

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Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/14/2025 · source

  • Delayed to June 14 per new NOTAMs.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/11/2025 · source

  • Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/5/2025 · source

Pad — Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

Local pad time: Jun 14, 3:56 PM GMT+8

137 launches from this pad · 291 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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