Mission description
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
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Launch Successful
Smart Dragon 3 | 9 satellites
February 3, 2024 at 3:06 AM UTC
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Launch details
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February 3, 2024 at 3:06 AM UTC
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South China Sea (launch location 2)
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport · 21.5667, 112.0333
- Rocket
- Smart Dragon 3
- Launch probability
- Not published
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- February 3, 2024 at 2:56 AM UTC
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- February 3, 2024 at 3:16 AM UTC
- Feed updated
- January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM UTC
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Smart Dragon-3 launches 9 satellites
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Smart Dragon 3
Smart Dragon
Height
32 m
Diameter
2.64 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
12
Launch complex
South China Sea (launch location 2)
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Chinese orbital launch vehicle launches supporting sea port located at Haiyang, Shandong Province, with dedicated piers and rocket/payload processing facilities for Chinese launch vehicles’ sea launches, and (as part of its expansion project) land based launch pads on artificial islands for various test vehicles and launch vehicles of private and government launch services providers. In operation as a remote base of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center since 2019.
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Mission updates
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
NOTAMs A0254 & 0255/24 were removed before start of window, indicating launch was scrubbed for the day. New launch date pending.
NET February 3 UTC per new marine navigation warnings.