Yaogan 43 Group 02

Orbited the second group of classified Yaogan-43 remote sensing satellites from Xichang, joining nine satellites launched two weeks earlier to test technologies for a Chinese low Earth orbit constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2 T (est.)

Flight

51st

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

3 September 2024, 01:22 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

2024-156

Launches in 2024

161st of 263

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