Gaofen 3

Long March 4C launched Gaofen-3, China's first C-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellite, into sun-synchronous orbit for all-weather ocean and land monitoring under the State Oceanic Administration.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

2.8 T (est.)

Flight

19th

of 60 Long March 4C flights

Date and time

9 August 2016, 22:55 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2016-049

Launches in 2016

49th of 85

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