8 January 2023, 22:00 UTC
Shijian 23
Launched from Wenchang on a Long March 7A to geostationary transfer orbit with Shijian-23, an experimental Chinese satellite widely believed to test next-generation high-throughput communications technology.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 18 Long March 7A flights
- Date and time
- 8 January 2023, 22:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 7A
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- 201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2023-002
- Launches in 2023
- 2nd of 223
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