L-SAR 01A

Long March 4C launched China's L-SAR 01A satellite from Jiuquan, an L-band synthetic aperture radar spacecraft for monitoring landslides, earthquakes and other geological hazards from a near-polar orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

3.2 T

Flight

39th

of 60 Long March 4C flights

Date and time

25 January 2022, 23:44 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2022-007

Launches in 2022

7th of 186

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