Huanjing 1C

Long March 2C launched Huanjing-1C from Taiyuan, China's first civilian remote-sensing satellite carrying a synthetic-aperture radar (developed with Russian assistance) to image the ground through cloud cover for disaster and environmental monitoring, riding with the Xinyan 1 and Fengniao 1 secondary payloads.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

1.2 T

Flight

24th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

18 November 2012, 22:53 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2012-064

Launches in 2012

67th of 78

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