Ziyuan 3 & VesselSat-2

Ziyuan-3 (ZY-3), China's first civilian high-resolution stereo mapping satellite, launched from Taiyuan alongside the piggyback VesselSat-2 ship-tracking microsatellite.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

2.7 T

Flight

17th

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

9 January 2012, 03:17 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2012-001

Launches in 2012

1st of 78

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