18 December 2012, 16:13 UTC
Göktürk-2
Long March 2D launched Goktürk-2 from Jiuquan, a Turkish Earth-observation satellite developed by Tübitak Uzay and Turkish Aerospace Industries; liftoff was moved up 24 hours due to forecast bad weather at the launch site.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 450 kg
- Flight
- 18th
- of 101 Long March 2D flights
- Date and time
- 18 December 2012, 16:13 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2012-073
- Launches in 2012
- 76th of 78
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