LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Mon May 30 2016

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Ziyuan 3-02 & Ã‘uSat-1 & -2 (Fresco and Batata)

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(3:17 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(3:17 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(3:17 AM 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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
Ziyuan is a series of remote sensing satellites in Sun-synchronous orbit around Earth. Ziyuan 3-02 is a Chinese Earth observation satellite, a high-resolution imaging satellite operated by the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Pad

Unknown Pad