Gaofen 2 & Heweliusz

Launched China's Gaofen-2 high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite from Taiyuan for the Ministry of Land and Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Environmental Protection, providing sub-metre resolution imagery for civil mapping and monitoring.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

2.1 T

Flight

21st

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

19 August 2014, 03:15 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

2014-049

Launches in 2014

50th of 92

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