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Smart Dragon 3

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China Rocket Co. Ltd. (CHNR)

Dec. 9, 2022

Description

Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.

Specifications

Length
32.0 m
Diameter
2.64 m
Fairing Diameter
3.35 m
Launch Mass
140 T
Thrust
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Family

Name
Smart Dragon 3
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Alias
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Full Name
Smart Dragon 3

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1500 kg

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

Commercial

None

CHNR

China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.

Previous Flights

flew on three previous launch(es).

Smart Dragon 3 | 9 satellites

China Rocket Co. Ltd. | China
Sea Launch
Feb. 3, 2024, 3:06 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Carried 9 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit: * DRO-L * Zhixing-2A (SmartSat-2A) * DongFangHuiYan-GF01 * WeiHai-1-01/02 * XingShiDai-18/19/20 * NEXSAT-1

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Smart Dragon 3 | SatNet test satellite

China Rocket Co. Ltd. | China
Sea Launch
Dec. 5, 2023, 7:24 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite(s)" built by Chinese Academy of Sciences. Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO communication satellite constellation SatNet.

Polar Orbit

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Smart Dragon 3 | Maiden Flight

China Rocket Co. Ltd. | China
Sea Launch
Dec. 9, 2022, 6:35 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

First flight of the new solid fuel powered rocket developed by CAST. Payload consists of 14 satellites: * Jilin-1 HR-03D 44-50 * Jilin-1 PT-01A 01 * Tianqi-7 * HEAD-2H * CAS-5A * Golden Bauhinia 1-05 & 06 * Huoju-1

Low Earth Orbit

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Recent Launches

Long March 4C

Success

21 hours, 18 minutes ago

Shiyan 23

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Satellite officially named for "space environment detection" purposes, exact details unknown.

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 16 hours ago

Starlink Group 8-2

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 3

Success

3 days, 19 hours ago

ZHTW 1-01

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Zhihui Tianwang 1-01 are 2 experimental Medium Earth Orbit communication satellites in a collaboration between Tsinghua University, SAST and the Shan…

Falcon 9

Success

4 days, 2 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-56

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 6C

Success

5 days, 17 hours ago

Maiden Flight

Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Carried 4 Earth observation satellites to orbit: * Haiwangxing-01, 239 kg X-band SAR satellite built by SAST for Zhihui Space Tech * Zhixing-1C, X-…