Yaogan 37 & Shiyan 22A/B

Launched from Jiuquan on a Long March 2D with YZ-3 upper stage, carrying the classified Yaogan-37 military reconnaissance satellite along with the small Earth-observation satellites Shiyan-22A and Shiyan-22B into low Earth orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.2 T (est.)

Flight

71st

of 101 Long March 2D flights

Date and time

13 January 2023, 07:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2D

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2023-006

Launches in 2023

8th of 223

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