27 April 2021, 03:20 UTC
Qilu-1, Qilu-4 & others
Long March 6 launched nine Chinese satellites in a rideshare mission dubbed 'Long March Express,' led by the Qilu-1, Qilu-4 and Foshan-1 remote-sensing satellites, plus six secondary payloads including a debris-capture technology demonstrator, from Taiyuan.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 537 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 15 Long March 6 flights
- Date and time
- 27 April 2021, 03:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 6
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- International designator
- 2021-033
- Launches in 2021
- 34th of 146
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
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