Long March 3B/E | L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)
China’s (and globally) first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite being put into geosynchronous orbit. It can provide unprecedented all-time Earth observations of an area near the same longitude and can provide unique non-interrupted observations for various uses.
Long March 3B/E
Height 56.30 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 5500 kg
Liftoff Thrust 5924 kN
Diameter 3.35 Meters
Mass To LEO 12000 kg
Liftoff Mass 456 Tonnes
Launch Success 55
Consecutive Success 33
Maiden Flight 2007-05-13
Launch Failures 1
Updates
hitura-nobad
2023-08-12T18:31:21+0000
launch success.
hitura-nobad
2023-08-12T18:29:46+0000
Launch in flight
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-12T13:27:27+0000
Rescheduled to August 12 UTC per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-11T15:04:17+0000
Related NOTAMs for August 11 UTC have all been removed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-08T09:25:07+0000
Refined launch window per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-08T06:52:39+0000
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identity uncertain.
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