LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Jan 09 2018

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

SuperView-1 (Gaojing 1-03 & Gaojing 1-04)

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(3:24 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(3:17 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(3:46 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Long March 2D

Description:

The Long March 2D, also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is a 2-stage carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
These two satellites, also known as SuperView-2 constellation, are remote sensing satellites to operate in a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit. This is a second pair of such satellites to be launched for the SuperView company. They are capable of providing imagery with 0.5 m panchromatic resolution and 2 m multispectral resolution.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Pad

Launch Complex 9