Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM)

Long March 2C launched SVOM (Space Variable Objects Monitor), a joint Chinese-French astronomy satellite, from Xichang into a 625 km orbit to detect and study gamma-ray bursts using four X-ray and gamma-ray instruments built by CNSA and CNES.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

940 kg

Flight

59th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

22 June 2024, 07:00 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

2024-116

Launches in 2024

120th of 263

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