Einstein Probe

Launched the Einstein Probe, a Chinese Academy of Sciences X-ray observatory developed with ESA and the Max Planck Institute, into low Earth orbit from Xichang to hunt transient high-energy events using wide-field lobster-eye optics.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.5 T

Flight

57th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

9 January 2024, 07:03 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Astrophysics

International designator

2024-007

Launches in 2024

7th of 263

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