Yaogan 43 Group 01

Deployed the first group of nine classified Yaogan-43 remote sensing satellites from Xichang to test new technologies for a Chinese low Earth orbit constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2 T (est.)

Flight

50th

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

16 August 2024, 07:35 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2024-148

Launches in 2024

153rd of 263

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