Long March 7A | Shiyan 12-01 & 02
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Dec. 23, 2021, 10:02 a.m. - Dec. 23, 2021, 12:37 p.m.
Dec. 23, 2021, 10:02 a.m. - Dec. 23, 2021, 12:37 p.m.
Chinese experimental satellites. Details TBD.
Launch success.
Launch date and time confirmed per new NOTAM messages; rocket confirmed visually; payload still uncertain.
Delay due to weather.
New launch date.
Launch added per NOTAMs; identity of launch vehicle and payload highly uncertain.
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.
INFO WIKI
China launched two classified Shiyan satellites Dec. 23 into a geostationary transfer orbit aboard a Long March 7A rocket, one of the country’s newest launch vehicles. The mission took off from China’s Wenchang launch base on Hainan Island.
China launched a new-generation Long March 7A rocket Thursday, successfully sending a pair of Shiyan-12 test satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
China launched a pair of satellites called Shiyan-12-01 and Shiyan-12-02 on board a Chang Zheng 7A rocket at 10:12 UTC. The pair of satellites launched to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China.
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