Long March 4C | Shiyan 28 B-01
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
July 3, 2025, 9:26 a.m. - July 3, 2025, 9:50 a.m.
July 3, 2025, 9:26 a.m. - July 3, 2025, 9:50 a.m.
Satellite officially named for "space environment detection" purposes, exact details unknown.
Launch success.
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
The Long March 4C, also known as the Chang Zheng 4C, CZ-4C and LM-4C, previously designated Long March 4B-II, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is launched from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre and Xichangs, and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used to launch the Yaogan-1, Yaogan-3 SAR satellites and the Fengyun-3A polar orbiting meteorological satellite. On December 15, 2009 a Long March 4C was used to launch Yaogan 8.
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.
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