Shiyan 10-02

China's final orbital launch of 2022, a Long March 3B/YZ-1 from Xichang carrying the Shiyan-10 (02) satellite into a Molniya-type highly elliptical orbit for in-orbit verification of new space technologies.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

HEO

Highly elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

4.6 T (est.)

Flight

51st

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

29 December 2022, 04:43 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-178

Launches in 2022

185th of 186

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