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Long March 3B/E | L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)

CZ-3B | Y92

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 3B/E · Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 430th launch · 25th this year · humanity's 6,494th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--August 12, 2023 · 17:26 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

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

Window: Aug 12, 16:46 – Aug 12, 18:05 UTC

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L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)

China’s (and globally) first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite being put into geosynchronous orbit. It can provide unprecedented all-time Earth observations of an area near the same longitude and can provide unique non-interrupted observations for various uses.

Earth Science · Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO)

Booster

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Updates

  • launch success.

    hitura-nobad · 8/12/2023 · source

  • Rescheduled to August 12 UTC per new NOTAMs.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2023 · source

  • Related NOTAMs for August 11 UTC have all been removed.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/11/2023 · source

  • Refined launch window per NOTAMs.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/8/2023 · source

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

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/8/2023 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)

Local pad time: Aug 13, 1:26 AM GMT+8

126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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