23 December 2021, 10:12 UTC
Shiyan 12-01 & 02
Long March 7A carried a pair of Shiyan-12 satellites from Wenchang into geosynchronous transfer orbit, the rocket's third flight after a 2020 failure and 2021 success. Shiyan-12-01 and 02 are officially for space environment studies and related technical tests.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 18 Long March 7A flights
- Date and time
- 23 December 2021, 10:12 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 7A
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- 201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2021-129
- Launches in 2021
- 139th of 146
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