Zi Yuan-2 02 xing

Long March 4B launched Ziyuan-2B (also designated JB-3 2), a Chinese remote-sensing satellite officially tasked with land surveying and disaster monitoring but widely assessed as a military reconnaissance satellite, from Taiyuan.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1.5 T

Flight

5th

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

27 October 2002, 03:17 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

2002-049

Launches in 2002

51st of 65

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