Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 4C · Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 67th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 5,029th orbital launch attempt
December 15, 2009Add to calendar
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 15, 02:31 – Dec 15, 02:31 UTC
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Yaogan Weixing 8
Believed to be a surveillance satellite to track and locate naval ships.
Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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Pad — Launch Complex 9
78 launches from this pad · 157 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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