Yaogan 34

Long March 4C launched the Yaogan-34 satellite from Jiuquan into a roughly 1,100 km orbit. Officially described as a remote-sensing satellite for land survey and disaster monitoring, it is widely assessed as a Chinese military reconnaissance spacecraft.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

500 kg (est.)

Flight

34th

of 60 Long March 4C flights

Date and time

30 April 2021, 07:27 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2021-037

Launches in 2021

38th of 146

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