Yaogan 35 Group 05

Long March 2D launched the fifth group of Yaogan-35 satellites from Xichang, a trio of classified Chinese reconnaissance spacecraft believed to conduct optical remote sensing from low Earth orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.3 T (est.)

Flight

63rd

of 101 Long March 2D flights

Date and time

6 September 2022, 04:19 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

2022-109

Launches in 2022

113th of 186

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