Yaogan-30

Long March 2D carried the classified Yaogan-30 satellite from Jiuquan into sun-synchronous orbit. Officially described for land-survey, crop-yield, and disaster-relief remote sensing, Yaogan missions are widely believed to serve Chinese military reconnaissance.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

800 kg

Flight

28th

of 101 Long March 2D flights

Date and time

15 May 2016, 02:43 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

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2016-029

Launches in 2016

29th of 85

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