Shijian 6 Group 05

Long March 4B launched a pair of Shijian-6 Group 05 satellites from Jiuquan into sun-synchronous orbit, officially described as technology satellites probing the space environment and radiation effects, extending a series last flown 11 years earlier.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1.4 T (est.)

Flight

45th

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

10 December 2021, 00:11 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B

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

2021-122

Launches in 2021

131st of 146

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