Yaogan 35 Group 02

Long March 2D launched China's Yaogan-37 reconnaissance satellite alongside the Shiyan-22A and Shiyan-22B experimental satellites from Jiuquan into a 515 km low Earth orbit, officially described as testing new space-environment monitoring technologies.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.3 T (est.)

Flight

59th

of 101 Long March 2D flights

Date and time

23 June 2022, 02:22 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2D

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-068

Launches in 2022

71st of 186

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