Delivered the two AI-powered Oriental Smart Eye hyperspectral satellites into orbit from a sea-based platform off Haiyang, Shandong. Each ~300kg satellite carries a 22-band hyperspectral imager with a 300km swath for high-precision land and sea monitoring, backed by onboard AI processing up to 400 trillion operations per second.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 12th
- of 12 Smart Dragon 3 flights
- Date and time
- 5 August 2026, 02:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Smart Dragon 3
- Builder
- China Rocket
- Launch site
- Haiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2026-178
- Launches in 2026
- 186th of 243
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