Shiyan 29

Launched the Shiyan-29 experimental satellite from Xichang using a Long March 3C with a Yuanzheng-1 upper stage, placing it in a slightly super-geosynchronous orbit for space environment detection and related technical tests.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GSO

Geosynchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

4 T (est.)

Flight

3rd

of 3 Long March 3C/YZ-1 flights

Date and time

5 September 2025, 02:34 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C/YZ-1

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2025-196

Launches in 2025

205th of 329

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