FSW-1 3

Long March 2C carried FSW-1 No. 3, a roughly 2,100 kg Chinese recoverable satellite, into low Earth orbit from Jiuquan for a short-duration film-return military surveillance mission before its capsule was recovered.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2.1 T (est.)

Flight

9th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

5 October 1990, 06:14 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 2B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

1990-089

Launches in 1990

94th of 121

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