Zi Yuan 1-1

Carried the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite-1 (CBERS-1) and Brazil's SACI-1 technology satellite into low Earth orbit from Taiyuan. This was the second flight of the Long March 4B, following its May 1999 debut, and CBERS-1 was the first satellite jointly built by China and Brazil.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.6 T

Flight

2nd

of 58 Long March 4B flights

Date and time

14 October 1999, 03:15 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

1999-057

Launches in 1999

59th of 78

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