Mission record
Long March 3B/E | L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
GSTO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
China
Date
Sat, 12 Aug 2023 17:26:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6494 ever
Mission
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.
Deployed payloads · 1