20 October 1996, 07:20 UTC
Fanhui Shi Weixing (17)
Long March 2D launched FSW-2 (17), a Chinese recoverable reconnaissance and remote-sensing satellite, from Jiuquan. The capsule returned to Earth after about 15 days, on 4 November 1996.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 101 Long March 2D flights
- Date and time
- 20 October 1996, 07:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Area 2B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1996-059
- Launches in 1996
- 63rd of 77
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