LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Oct 06 1992

Ministry of Aerospace Industry

FSW-1 4 & Freja

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(6:20 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(6:20 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(6:20 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Long March 2C

Description:

The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Government/Top Secret
Chinese reconnaissance satellite. The Freja magnetospheric research satellite was launched on 6 October 1992 as a "piggyback" payload on a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Pad

Launch Area 2B