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Launched 2022-07-27 04:12 UTCLaunch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
90th
orbital launch attempt in 2022
CAS Space
1st
launch this year
Launch Area 130
1st
launch from this pad this year
Carried 6 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including the prototype X-ray astronomy observation satellite SATech 01, Jinan 1 and 4 other technological demonstration satellites from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
CAS Space is a spin-off company from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) that is operating and plans to operate various launch vehicles of the Zhongke series.
Launches
17
Successful
16
94%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
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Launch success
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch per NOTAMs; assignment of this launch to the time slot dictated by NOTAMs highly unreliable.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
30m
Diameter
2.6m
To low Earth orbit
2,000kg
Liftoff thrust
1,961kN
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