Beijing 3C

A Long March 2D launched the four Beijing-3C high-resolution optical remote-sensing satellites from Taiyuan into sun-synchronous orbit for Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology (21AT), expanding the commercial Beijing-3 Earth-observation constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1 T (est.)

Flight

86th

of 101 Long March 2D flights

Date and time

20 May 2024, 03:06 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2D

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2024-094

Launches in 2024

96th of 263

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