Shi Jian 8

Long March 2C launched Shijian-8, a recoverable FSW-type capsule carrying 215 kg of plant and fungus seeds for space-breeding experiments from Jiuquan; the capsule was recovered in Sichuan after about two weeks in orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2.4 T (est.)

Flight

16th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

9 September 2006, 07:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2006-035

Launches in 2006

38th of 66

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