Yaogan 20A, Yaogan 20B, Yaogan 20C

Placed a triplet of Yaogan Weixing-20 satellites into orbit from Jiuquan, part of a Chinese naval ocean-surveillance constellation flying in tight formation around 1,100 km altitude, officially described as remote-sensing satellites for scientific and agricultural use.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

1.5 T (est.)

Flight

14th

of 60 Long March 4C flights

Date and time

9 August 2014, 05:45 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2014-047

Launches in 2014

48th of 92

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