Gaofen 13

Long March 3B/G3 launched the Gaofen-13 satellite from Xichang toward geostationary transfer orbit, a high-orbit optical remote-sensing spacecraft for land survey, crop yield estimation, disaster mitigation and weather forecasting.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

4.6 T

Flight

35th

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

11 October 2020, 16:57 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2020-071

Launches in 2020

79th of 114

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