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Long March 2D | PIESAT-2 13-16
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 2D
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Launch window 10:43–11:06 UTC.
The mission
4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.
Vehicle and site
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Family
- Long March
- Mission
- PIESAT-2 13-16
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Pad
- Launch Complex 9
- Location
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Coordinates
- 38.8631°, 111.5896°
The Long March 2D, also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is a 2-stage carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites.
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.
- Launches to date
- 618
- Successful
- 602
- Failed
- 16
- Consecutive successes
- 9
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