3 x Yaogan-30

Long March 2C launched three Yaogan Weixing-30 Group 2 satellites (Chuangxin-5 04-06) from Xichang; the Chinese Academy of Sciences-built trio is suspected of supporting signals-intelligence gathering despite its remote-sensing cover designation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.5 T (est.)

Flight

32nd

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

24 November 2017, 18:10 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2017-075

Launches in 2017

78th of 90

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