FSW-1 4 & Freja

Long March 2C carried a classified Chinese FSW-0 recoverable reconnaissance satellite from Jiuquan, with Sweden's Freja scientific satellite riding along as a piggyback payload to study the upper atmosphere and aurora.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2.3 T (est.)

Flight

10th

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

6 October 1992, 06:20 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

1992-064

Launches in 1992

66th of 97

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