Yunhai 3

Second flight of China's new Long March 6A carried the Yunhai-3 environmental-monitoring satellite from Taiyuan for atmospheric, marine, and space-environment surveys; the rocket's upper stage later broke up in orbit, generating hundreds of pieces of debris.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1.5 T (est.)

Flight

2nd

of 27 Long March 6A flights

Date and time

11 November 2022, 22:52 UTC

Rocket

Long March 6A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 9A, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-151

Launches in 2022

156th of 186

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