Tiankun-1

Maiden flight of China's solid-fueled Kaituozhe-2 (KT-2) rocket, derived from the DF-31 missile, carried the Tiankun-1 technology demonstration satellite into sun-synchronous orbit from Jiuquan.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

300 kg (est.)

Flight

1st

Only Kaituozhe-2 flight

Date and time

2 March 2017, 23:53 UTC

Rocket

Kaituozhe-2

Builder

CASIC

Launch site

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Test Flight

International designator

2017-012

Launches in 2017

13th of 90

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