25 May 2007, 07:12 UTC
Yaogan Weixing 2
Launched Yaogan Weixing-2 (JB-6 Jianbing-6), a Chinese electro-optical military reconnaissance satellite, from Jiuquan into a sun-synchronous orbit providing panchromatic imagery at roughly 1.5-meter resolution.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 701 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 8th
- of 101 Long March 2D flights
- Date and time
- 25 May 2007, 07:12 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
- 2007-019
- Launches in 2007
- 21st of 68
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