19 September 2026, 10:50 UTC
PIESAT-2 13-16
A Long March 2D from Taiyuan placed GalaxySpace's four PIESAT-2 13-16 SAR satellites into sun-synchronous orbit on the 668th Long March flight. The radar spacecraft carry onboard processors for real-time remote-sensing analysis and join more than 50 GalaxySpace satellites already on orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 101st
- of 101 Long March 2D flights
- Date and time
- 19 September 2026, 10:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2026-218
- Launches in 2026
- 228th of 243
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