3 x Yaogan-30

Long March 2C launched three Yaogan-30 Group-4 (Chuangxin-5) satellites from Xichang, part of a Chinese remote-sensing/signals-intelligence constellation believed to support military applications.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.5 T (est.)

Flight

34th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

25 January 2018, 05:39 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

2018-011

Launches in 2018

11th of 114

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