Hai Yang 2A

Launched China's Haiyang-2A ocean observation satellite from Taiyuan aboard a Long March 4B, using radar altimetry and a microwave scatterometer to monitor sea surface winds, wave heights, and temperatures.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

1.5 T (est.)

Flight

14th

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

15 August 2011, 22:57 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2011-043

Launches in 2011

44th of 84

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