Fourth flight of the Smart Dragon 3 (Jielong-3), lifting off from a sea platform off Haiyang, Shandong, and placing eight satellites into sun-synchronous orbit, including Tianyi-41, Fudan-1, Tianyan-15 and Jitianxing A-01.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 500 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 4th
- of 12 Smart Dragon 3 flights
- Date and time
- 24 September 2024, 02:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Smart Dragon 3
- Builder
- China Rocket
- Launch site
- Haiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
- Payload
- Technology
- International designator
- 2024-173
- Launches in 2024
- 178th of 263
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