20 August 2023, 17:45 UTC
Gaofen-12 04
Placed the Gaofen-12 04 microwave (synthetic-aperture radar) remote-sensing satellite into sun-synchronous orbit from Jiuquan for civilian uses such as land surveys, urban planning, crop-yield estimation and disaster relief.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 52nd
- of 60 Long March 4C flights
- Date and time
- 20 August 2023, 17:45 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 4C
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2023-123
- Launches in 2023
- 130th of 223
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