LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Mon Dec 29 2003
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Tan Ce 1
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(7:06 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(7:06 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(7:06 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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No Recovery Specified
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Rocket Details
Name:
Long March 2C/SMDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- The Double Star spacecraft, called also Tan Ce (TC) which in Chinese means ‘Probe‘, is a joint Chinese and ESA mission to study the effect of the Sun on the Earth's environment. The polar spacecraft (TC-2) will monitor the energy input from the solar wind into the polar ionosphere. The equatorial spacecraft (TC-1) will investigate the so-called substorm process, when it is in the Earth's magnetotail, and the entry of solar particle on the front side of the magnetosphere.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)