Zhangheng-1 (CSES)

Long March 2D launched the CSES (Zhangheng-1) China-Italy satellite from Jiuquan to study ionospheric precursors of earthquakes, riding with six rideshare smallsats including GomX-4A/4B and two Aleph-1 imaging satellites.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

830 kg

Flight

38th

of 101 Long March 2D flights

Date and time

2 February 2018, 07:51 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2D

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Planetary Science

International designator

2018-015

Launches in 2018

15th of 114

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