Fanhui Shi Weixing (20)

Orbited FSW-20 (Jianbing-4), a Chinese recoverable reconnaissance satellite, from Jiuquan. Its return capsule landed on 15 October 2004, crashing through the roof of a house in Penglai village, Sichuan province.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2.4 T (est.)

Flight

5th

of 101 Long March 2D flights

Date and time

27 September 2004, 08:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2D

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2004-039

Launches in 2004

40th of 54

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