14 October 2021, 10:51 UTC
Xihe (CHASE)
Long March 2D launched from Taiyuan carrying Xihe, China's first solar exploration satellite, along with ten rideshare payloads. Xihe carries a hydrogen-alpha telescope to study solar flares, and the flight tested new grid fins for booster recovery.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 887 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 54th
- of 101 Long March 2D flights
- Date and time
- 14 October 2021, 10:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Heliophysics
- International designator
- 2021-091
- Launches in 2021
- 99th of 146
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