Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03

A Long March 4B from Jiuquan placed six remote-sensing satellites into orbit on a single flight: Yaogan-53 01 through 03 and Yaogan-56 01 through 03. Built by CASC's Fifth Academy, they support scientific experiments, land-resource surveys, crop-yield estimation, and disaster prevention; the flight was the Long March family's 666th mission.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2 T (est.)

Flight

58th

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

10 September 2026, 09:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2026-205

Launches in 2026

215th of 243

See it in orbit

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