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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 11Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Tianping-2 A/B/C
Launched
March 30, 2022
Summary
Tianping-2 A/B/C launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 11 from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on March 30, 2022. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 360th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 6,215th orbital launch attempt. It was the 12th Long March 11 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Tianping-2A, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 602 × 608 km orbit inclined 97.8°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 12th Long March 11 flight · 1st this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 360th launch8th this yearhumanity's 6,215th orbital launch attempt33rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tianping-2A · NORAD 52153 · 2022-032 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-032A
- Epoch
- 2022-03-30 05:23:48 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.89925539 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004297
- Inclination
- 97.7857°
- Ascending node
- 139.3744°
- Arg. of perigee
- 302.6857°
- Mean anomaly
- 114.2201°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 3 still in orbit
- Tianping-2A · NORAD 52153 · in orbit
- Tianping-2C · NORAD 52155 · in orbit
- Tianping-2B · NORAD 52156 · in orbit
CZ-11 Y10 Stage 4 · re-entered April 7, 2022
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Tianping-2 A/B/C satellites were built by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and will be used as calibration targets for services such as atmospheric space environment study and orbital prediction model correction.
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
29th launch from Launch Area 95A, 1st this year · 161st from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
68 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
105 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Updates
Questions
When did Tianping-2 A/B/C launch?
Tianping-2 A/B/C launched on March 30, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Tianping-2 A/B/C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Tianping-2 A/B/C?
Long March 11, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 11 spec sheet
Where did Tianping-2 A/B/C launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Tianping-2 A/B/C reach?
Tianping-2A, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 602 × 608 km orbit inclined 97.8°.
How many satellites did Tianping-2 A/B/C launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).