17 August 2026, 03:02 UTC
Satellite for Earth Observation (SEO)
This Long March 2C carried the SEO (Satellite for Earth Observation) satellite into sun-synchronous orbit from Taiyuan for the National Space Science and Technology Center at United Arab Emirates University, supporting environmental and resource-management research. It was the rocket's 88th flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 67th
- of 67 Long March 2C flights
- Date and time
- 17 August 2026, 03:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2C
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2026-188
- Launches in 2026
- 197th of 243
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