Tan Ce 1

Long March 2C launched Double Star 1 (TC-1), the equatorial member of a Chinese-European pair of magnetospheric research satellites built with instrumentation from ESA's Cluster program, into a highly elliptical orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Elliptical

Elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

350 kg

Flight

1st

of 2 Long March 2C/SM flights

Date and time

29 December 2003, 19:06 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2C/SM

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2003-061

Launches in 2003

63rd of 63

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