Yaogan-23

Long March 2C launched the Yaogan-23 reconnaissance satellite into a polar orbit from Taiyuan, an undisclosed Chinese military mission Xinhua publicly described as being for scientific experiments and disaster relief.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

2 T (est.)

Flight

30th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

14 November 2014, 18:53 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

2014-071

Launches in 2014

73rd of 92

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