3 x Yaogan-30

Long March 2C launched three Yaogan Weixing-30 Group 3 satellites (Chuangxin-5 07-09) from Xichang into a 600 km orbit; the trio is believed to support a signals-intelligence or high-revisit imaging role despite its official remote-sensing designation.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

1.5 T (est.)

Flight

33rd

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

25 December 2017, 19:44 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

Unknown

International designator

2017-085

Launches in 2017

89th of 90

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