LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Oct 24 2021
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Shijian 21
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(1:27 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(1:15 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(1:45 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Long March 3B/EDescription:
The Long March 3B / E (G2) (CZ-3B / E) is one of the most successful medium-range launchers and the strongest variant of the CZ-3 series. It was specially developed for the transport of heavy communications satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit. The additional designation "E" stands for a higher payload fairing, stretched boosters and extended fuel tanks at the first stage, over the CZ-3B.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Government/Top Secret
- Chinese payload launching on trajectory consistent with geostationary transfer target orbit, official purpose declared as "validation of on orbit space debris reduction technologies".
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)