Yinhe-1 (x6)

Long March 2C launched six Yinhe-1 broadband communications satellites for Chinese commercial operator Galaxy Space, along with several other smallsats, from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.1 T

Flight

46th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

5 March 2022, 06:01 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

International designator

2022-023

Launches in 2022

24th of 186

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