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Smart Dragon 3 | 9 satellites
China Rocket Co. Ltd. · Smart Dragon 3 · South China Sea (launch location 2), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
China Rocket Co. Ltd.'s 4th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,613th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 3, 02:56 – Feb 3, 03:16 UTC
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9 satellites
Carried 9 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit: * DRO-L * Zhixing-2A (SmartSat-2A) * DongFangHuiYan-GF01 * WeiHai-1-01/02 * XingShiDai-18/19/20 * NEXSAT-1
Technology · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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- Smart Dragon-3 launches 9 satellites — SciNews
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/3/2024 · source
NET February 3 UTC per new marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/2/2024 · source
NOTAMs A0254 & 0255/24 were removed before start of window, indicating launch was scrubbed for the day. New launch date pending.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/2/2024 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/30/2024 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/24/2024 · source
Pad — South China Sea (launch location 2)
Local pad time: Feb 3, 11:06 AM GMT+8
1 launches from this pad · 26 from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
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