Shiyan 14 & Shiyan 15

A Kuaizhou-1A lifted off from Taiyuan carrying two undisclosed Chinese satellites into sun-synchronous orbit; as with many Kuaizhou missions, the payloads' identities and purpose were not officially released.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

200 kg (est.)

Flight

18th

of 30 Kuaizhou 1A flights

Date and time

24 September 2022, 22:55 UTC

Rocket

Kuaizhou 1A

Builder

ExPace

Launch site

Mobile Launcher Pad, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-118

Launches in 2022

122nd of 186

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