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Taiyuan

retired

中国青少年科普卫星八一03星‘太原号'

CommunicationsLEOCOSPAR 2020-079NLaunched 11/6/2020
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Nusat 9-18
Launch Vehicle
Long March 6
Launch Date
11/6/2020
Last Contact
3/22/2023
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
469 km
Inclination
97.27 deg
Dry Mass
30 kg
Total Mass
30 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Communications
Payload Category
COM
Payload Class
A
Organizations
Operator
China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
Manufacturer
China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
Registry
COSPAR ID
2020-079N
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1033
Track
Mentions
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Taiyuan hosted its highest number of launches in a calendar year in 2021, according to European Space Policy Institute data.

GeneralPlanValue 1.8Jan 17, 2022China’s first launch of 2022 puts classified Shiyan-13 satellite into orbit
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The Long March 2D can launch from Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang inland national launch centers.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.5Jan 17, 2022China’s first launch of 2022 puts classified Shiyan-13 satellite into orbit

CASC will launch the first Long March 6A, featuring a liquid core with solid boosters, from a new complex at the Taiyuan spaceport.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 3, 2022China aims to complete space station in another huge year in space

Guangmu (SDGSAT-1) was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Nov 6, 2021China Launches Guangmu Satellite

A Long March 2D lifted off from Taiyuan at 6:51 a.m. Eastern on 2021-10-14.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Oct 14, 2021China launches first solar observatory, tests grid fins

China launched a Long March 6 rocket from Taiyuan on 2021-08-04 carrying two Beita/Beta satellites developed by the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Aug 6, 2021China launches Zhongxing-2E communications satellite

BEIHANGKONGSHI-1 satellite was launched on 2020-11-06 at 04:20 a.m. Paris time on a Long March 6 (CZ-6) rocket from Taiyuan, China.

PlanGeneralValue 4.5Nov 6, 2020ThrustMe’s Iodine Propulsion System Launched Aboard Spacety’s Smallsat

CASC had missions planned for late 2020 including launching remote sensing satellites for Argentina-based Satellogic from Taiyuan in early November 2020.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 26, 2020China launches latest trio of Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellites

A Long March 4B rocket launched two satellites, HJ-2A (Huanjing-2A) and HJ-2B, from Taiyuan late on a Saturday at 11:23 p.m. Eastern.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Sep 27, 2020Secretive Chinese launch sends two remote sensing satellites into orbit

China launched a Gaofen multi-mode high-resolution Earth observation satellite from the Taiyuan launch center at 11:10 p.m. Eastern on Thursday.

PlanGeneralValue 3.6Jul 5, 2020China launches Shiyan-6 and Gaofen remote sensing satellites with two launches in three days

Earlier in the same 24-hour period China launched a classified TJS-5 satellite to geostationary transfer orbit from Xichang and a Long March 2D from Taiyuan carrying four satellites to low Earth orbit.

GeneralValue 4.0Jan 16, 2020China launches Yinhe-1 commercial low Earth orbit 5G satellite

Amateur footage and images posted on Chinese social media indicate a Long March 4C three-stage hypergolic rocket launched from Taiyuan at about 6:49 p.m. Eastern.

PlanValue 2.0May 23, 2019China suffers Long March 4 failure

The Long March 2 and Long March 4 series rockets will launch from the Jiuquan and Taiyuan centers in northwest and northern China, respectively.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Feb 5, 2019Shanghai space vehicle manufacturer targets 17 launches in 2019

China planned to launch the Gaofen-5 high-resolution Earth observation satellite on 2018-05-08 from Taiyuan in north China.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 3, 2018Long March rocket launches Apstar-6C communications satellite from China