China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 4BLaunch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03
Launched
September 10, 2026 · 09:00 UTC
Image: CASC
Summary
A Long March 4B successfully placed six Chinese military remote sensing satellites into orbit from Jiuquan. Their specific purposes remain undisclosed.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 58th Long March 4B flight · 2nd this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 613th launch43rd this yearhumanity's 7,386th orbital launch attempt213th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OBJECT A · NORAD 100651 · 2026-205A · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2026-205A
- Epoch
- 2026-10-09 11:47:15 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.1571619 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00046689
- Inclination
- 44.9983°
- Ascending node
- 312.2047°
- Arg. of perigee
- 67.856°
- Mean anomaly
- 292.2814°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 442
- B*
- 0.0002922121
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.
About this launch
Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 4B from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on September 10, 2026 at 09:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:52 to 09:13 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 613th launch, 43rd this year and humanity's 7,386th orbital launch attempt. It was the 58th Long March 4B flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 522 × 530 km orbit inclined 45.0°.
6 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
News
Pad
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
138th launch from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), 6th this year · 295th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 10, 5:00 PM GMT+8, in daylight
138 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
70 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 Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03 launch?
Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03 launched on September 10, 2026 at 09:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:52 to 09:13 UTC.
Where can I watch Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03?
Long March 4B, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 4B spec sheet
Where did Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03 launch from?
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Sep 10, 5:00 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03 reach?
It reached a 522 × 530 km orbit inclined 45.0°.