Long March 6 | Zhongzi Group 02 (Ningxia-1-02)

Name: Long March 6 | Zhongzi Group 02 (Ningxia-1-02)
Start: 2021-07-09T11:59:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 6 · Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 326th launch · 22nd this year · humanity's 6,104th orbital launch attempt

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Success

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

Window: Jul 9, 11:53 – Jul 9, 12:25 UTC

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Zhongzi Group 02 (Ningxia-1-02)

The Ningxin-1 satellites (also called Zhongzi) are a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellite owned by Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. Ltd. The satellites were built by DFH Satellite Co. Ltd of CAST. They have been reported to be a commercial operated global EM spectrum signal monitoring satellite system (SIGINT).

Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Long March-6 launches Zhongzi-02 satellites — SciNews

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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/9/2021 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; note payload identity is highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/4/2021 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 16

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

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