Mission description
4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.
Launch index
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Long March 2D | PIESAT-2 09-12
December 16, 2024 at 6:50 PM UTC
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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December 16, 2024 at 6:50 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 9
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 38.8631, 111.5896
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Launch probability
- Not published
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- December 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM UTC
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- December 16, 2024 at 7:10 PM UTC
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- December 20, 2024 at 6:56 PM UTC
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Long March-2D launches PIESAT-02 09~12
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Long March 2D
Long March · D
Height
38.3 m
Diameter
3.35 m
LEO capacity
3,500 kg
Successful launches
99
Launch complex
Launch Complex 9
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a People's Republic of China space and defense launch facility. It is situated in Kelan County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province and is the second of four launch sites having been founded in March 1966 and coming into full operation in 1968.
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