Yaogan 14 & Tiantuo 1

Long March 4B launched Yaogan Weixing-14, an optical remote-sensing satellite from Taiyuan officially described for land survey and disaster monitoring, though Western analysts believe it also serves Chinese military reconnaissance.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

3 T (est.)

Flight

18th

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

10 May 2012, 07:06 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

2012-021

Launches in 2012

22nd of 78

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