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Long March 2C | MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01

May 21, 2023 at 8:00 AM UTC

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Long March 2C | MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01 launch image
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May 21, 2023 at 8:00 AM UTC

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Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 40.9605, 100.2981

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Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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May 21, 2023 at 7:50 AM UTC
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May 21, 2023 at 10:16 AM UTC
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July 27, 2023 at 5:00 AM UTC

Mission description

Macau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to study the different layers of the Earth’s magnetosphere system, particularly in the South Atlantic Anomaly by studying the origin and evolution of the geomagnetic field and the geomagnetic inversion mechanism, and draw a high-precision and high-resolution lithospheric geomagnetic map. Luojia-2 01 is a 0.5 m resolution Earth observation Synthetic-aperture radar satellite from Wuhan University.

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Long March-2C launches Macao Science-1 A/B and LuoJia-2 01

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Vehicle

Long March 2C

Long March · C

Height

42 m

Diameter

3.35 m

LEO capacity

3,850 kg

Successful launches

65

Launch complex

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).

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Mission updates

Added launch per NOTAMs; payload and launch vehicle identity uncertain.

May 20, 2023 at 1:59 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Launch success.

May 21, 2023 at 8:30 AM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin