China Rocket Co. Ltd.Smart Dragon 3Yellow Sea (launch location 4), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Maiden Flight
Launched
December 9, 2022
Image: CASC
Summary
Maiden Flight launched on a China Rocket Co. Ltd. Smart Dragon 3 from Yellow Sea (launch location 4), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport on December 9, 2022. It was China Rocket Co. Ltd.'s 2nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,354th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Smart Dragon 3 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Fengtai Shaonian 2, one of 15 catalogued objects, reached a 555 × 565 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 15 objects from this launch are catalogued, 14 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Smart Dragon 3 · China Rocket Co. Ltd.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Smart Dragon 3 flightChina Rocket Co. Ltd.'s 2nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,354th orbital launch attempt172nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Fengtai Shaonian 2 · NORAD 54684 · 2022-167 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 15 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-167C
- Epoch
- 2022-12-09 11:10:29 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.04656349 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007384
- Inclination
- 97.5323°
- Ascending node
- 118.5192°
- Arg. of perigee
- 359.3364°
- Mean anomaly
- 85.582°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
15 catalogued: 14 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 7 still in orbit
- Fengtai Shaonian 2 · NORAD 54684 · re-entered March 11, 2025
- Tianfu Dongpo 09 · NORAD 54685 · in orbit
- Tianfu Dongpo 08 · NORAD 54686 · in orbit
- Tianfu Dongpo 10 · NORAD 54689 · in orbit
- Jilin-1 GaoFen 03D-50 · NORAD 54690 · in orbit
- Jiaotong-5 · NORAD 54691 · re-entered May 16, 2026
- Jilin-1 GaoFen 03D-47 · NORAD 54692 · in orbit
- Jilin-1 GaoFen 03D-49 · NORAD 54694 · in orbit
- Jilin-1 GaoFen 03D-48 · NORAD 54695 · in orbit
- Jilin-1 Pingtai 01A01 · NORAD 54751 · re-entered June 3, 2025
- Huoju-1 · re-entered October 30, 2024
- Jin Zijing 1-06 · re-entered July 19, 2026
Show 2 more payloads
- Tianqi Xingzuo 1-16 · re-entered November 5, 2024
- Jin Zijing 1-05 · re-entered October 4, 2024
Jielong-3 Y1 Stage 4 · re-entered October 6, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
First flight of the new solid fuel powered rocket developed by CAST. Payload consists of 14 satellites: * Jilin-1 HR-03D 44-50 * Jilin-1 PT-01A 01 * Tianqi-7 * HEAD-2H * CAS-5A * Golden Bauhinia 1-05 & 06 * Huoju-1
Pad
Yellow Sea (launch location 4), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
1st launch from Yellow Sea (launch location 4), 1st this year · 5th from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
1 launches from this pad · 28 from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Maiden Flight launch?
Maiden Flight launched on December 9, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Maiden Flight?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Maiden Flight?
Smart Dragon 3, flown by China Rocket Co. Ltd.. Smart Dragon 3 spec sheet
Where did Maiden Flight launch from?
Yellow Sea (launch location 4), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
What orbit did Maiden Flight reach?
Fengtai Shaonian 2, one of 15 catalogued objects, reached a 555 × 565 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Maiden Flight launch?
14 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).