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Smart Dragon 3 | Maiden Flight

China Rocket Co. Ltd. · Smart Dragon 3 · Yellow Sea (launch location 4), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

China Rocket Co. Ltd.'s 2nd launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,354th orbital launch attempt

December 9, 2022Add to calendar
Success

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

Window: Dec 9, 06:25 – Dec 9, 07:38 UTC

Flight preview

Maiden Flight

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

Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

No booster details available.

Watch

No webcast announced yet.

Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2022 · source

  • Refined launch window.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2022 · source

  • Added launch per NOTAMs, payload identities uncertain.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 12/6/2022 · source

Pad — Yellow Sea (launch location 4)

1 launches from this pad · 26 from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

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