25 September 2013, 04:37 UTC
Kuaizhou-1
Maiden flight of China's solid-fueled Kuaizhou quick-response rocket, placing the 20 kg Kuaizhou-1 satellite into sun-synchronous orbit for natural disaster monitoring and relief support for the National Remote Sensing Center of China.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 500 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 2 Kuaizhou flights
- Date and time
- 25 September 2013, 04:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Kuaizhou
- Builder
- CASIC
- Launch site
- Launch Area 95B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2013-053
- Launches in 2013
- 55th of 81
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