Hai Yang 1 & Feng Yun 1D

Long March 4B launched China's Fengyun-1D polar-orbiting weather satellite alongside Haiyang-1A, the country's first ocean-observation satellite, as a dual payload from Taiyuan.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1.4 T

Flight

4th

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

15 May 2002, 01:50 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2002-024

Launches in 2002

24th of 65

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