Long March-4C launches Yaogan-34-04
Mar 31, 2023
A Long March-4C launch vehicle launched the fourth Yaogan-34 remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on 31 March 2023, at 06:27 UTC (14:27 local time). According to official sources, the remote sensing satellite Yaogan-34-04 (遥感三十四号04星) entered its predetermined orbit and “will be used in areas such as land resources survey, urban planning, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation”.
Long March-4B launches FengYun-3G
Apr 16, 2023
A Long March-4B launch vehicle launched the FengYun-3G satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on 16 April 2023, at 01:36 UTC (09:36 local time). FengYun-3G (FY-3G, 风云三号G) is a meteorological satellite and “will provide services for weather forecasting, disaster prevention and mitigation, climate change response and ecological conservation”.
Long March-3B launches the first BeiDou-3 backup satellite
May 17, 2023
A Long March-3B launch vehicle launched the first backup BeiDou-3 navigation satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on 17 May 2023, at 02:49 UTC (10:49 local time). The geostationary satellite is the 56th of the BeiDou family and the first to act as a backup satellite for China’s BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3).
Long March-2C launches Macao Science-1 A/B and LuoJia-2 01
May 21, 2023
A Long March-2C launch vehicle launched the Macao Science-1A/B satellites (澳门科学一号卫星A星、B星) and the LuoJia-2 01 satellite (珞珈二号01星 / 光音二号) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on 21 May 2023, at 08:00 UTC (16:00 local time). According to official sources, the Macao Science-1 satellites were “placed in a near-equatorial orbit to monitor the geomagnetic field and the space environment” and LuoJia-2 01 is a “scientific experiment satellite”.
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