China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 2DLaunch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
PIESAT-2 09-12
Launched
December 16, 2024 · 18:50 UTC
Image: 人民日报
Summary
PIESAT-2 09-12 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 2D from Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 16, 2024 at 18:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:42 to 19:10 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 500th launch, 48th this year and humanity's 6,834th orbital launch attempt. It was the 89th Long March 2D flight and the 7th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Hongtu 2-09, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 527 × 541 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 89th Long March 2D flight · 7th this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 500th launch48th this yearhumanity's 6,834th orbital launch attempt245th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Hongtu 2-09 · NORAD 62333 · 2024-241 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-241A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-16 20:17:56 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.12940261 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010288
- Inclination
- 97.4824°
- Ascending node
- 295.9805°
- Arg. of perigee
- 265.8092°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.2101°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 4 payloads; 4 still in orbit
- Hongtu 2-09 · NORAD 62333 · in orbit
- Hongtu 2-10 · NORAD 62334 · in orbit
- Hongtu 2-11 · NORAD 62335 · in orbit
- Hongtu 2-12 · NORAD 62336 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.
Pad
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
76th launch from Launch Complex 9, 5th this year · 137th from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 17, 2:50 AM GMT+8, at night
80 launches from this pad · 162 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
32 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Questions
When did PIESAT-2 09-12 launch?
PIESAT-2 09-12 launched on December 16, 2024 at 18:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:42 to 19:10 UTC.
Where can I watch PIESAT-2 09-12?
Coverage: Long March-2D launches PIESAT-02 09~12. Watch the replay
What rocket launched PIESAT-2 09-12?
Long March 2D, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 2D spec sheet
Where did PIESAT-2 09-12 launch from?
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Dec 17, 2:50 AM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did PIESAT-2 09-12 reach?
Hongtu 2-09, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 527 × 541 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did PIESAT-2 09-12 launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).