Yaogan 33-02

Long March 4C launched the Yaogan-33 02 reconnaissance satellite from Jiuquan into a sun-synchronous orbit; believed to be a synthetic aperture radar satellite used for Chinese military remote sensing, including maritime vessel tracking.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1 T

Flight

45th

of 60 Long March 4C flights

Date and time

2 September 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

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-106

Launches in 2022

110th of 186

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