5 January 2024, 11:20 UTC
Tianmu-1 15-18
China's first launch of 2024 placed four Tianmu-1 (15-18) commercial meteorological satellites into sun-synchronous orbit from Jiuquan on the Kuaizhou-1A, expanding the Tianmu weather-data constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 200 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 25th
- of 30 Kuaizhou 1A flights
- Date and time
- 5 January 2024, 11:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Kuaizhou 1A
- Builder
- ExPace
- Launch site
- Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2024-004
- Launches in 2024
- 4th of 263
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