13 March 2023, 04:02 UTC
Horus 2
Launched Egypt's Horus-2 high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite to sun-synchronous orbit from Jiuquan; built by CAST for the Egyptian Space Agency, it followed the earlier Horus-1 remote-sensing satellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 330 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 53rd
- of 67 Long March 2C flights
- Date and time
- 13 March 2023, 04:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2C
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2023-032
- Launches in 2023
- 36th of 223
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