Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others.

Long March 11's second flight lofted five satellites from Jiuquan including XPNAV-1, the world's first satellite to demonstrate spacecraft navigation using signals from X-ray pulsars, alongside the Xiaoxiang-1 cubesat.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

317 kg

Flight

2nd

of 18 Long March 11 flights

Date and time

9 November 2016, 23:42 UTC

Rocket

Long March 11

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Astrophysics

International designator

2016-066

Launches in 2016

67th of 85

See it in orbit

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