LAUNCH CENTER

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Success
Wed Aug 18 2021
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Tianhui-2-02

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(10:32 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(10:32 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(11:02 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Long March 4B

Description:

The Long March 4B (Chinese: 长征四号乙火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 4B, CZ-4B and LM-4B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits.

Long March 4B rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Earth Science
  • TH 2 (Tianhui-2 = "Sky drawing") is a pair of Chinese cartography and Earth observation satellites.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Pad

Launch Complex 9