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Long March 6

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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)

Sept. 19, 2015

Description

Specifications

Minimum Stage
1
Max Stage
3
Length
29.0 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
103.0 T
Thrust
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Family

Name
Long March 6
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Long March 6

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
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Government

Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei

CASC 1999

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.

Previous Flights

flew on 13 previous launch(es).

Long March 6 | Tianping-3

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 22, 2024, 12:10 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

3 satellites be used as calibration targets for ground based orbital objects surveillance services such as atmospheric space environment study and orbital prediction model correction.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Long March 6 | Geely Constellation Group 03

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 5, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

10 LEO communications satellites for Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automotive for testing autonomous driving/inter-vehicle communication services. They also carry payloads for ocean observation.

Low Earth Orbit

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Long March 6 | Shiyan 25

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 20, 2023, 3:18 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Satellite officially reported as for “testing new Earth observation techniques” purposes.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Long March 6 | Shiyan 16 A/B & Shiyan 17

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 26, 2022, 11:50 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

3 Chinese classified satellites

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Long March 6 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-09, 35 to 43 & Infrared A01 to 06

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 10, 2022, 4:50 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

16 new Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Long March 6 | SDGSAT-1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 5, 2021, 2:19 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for pursuing sustainable development. It is expected to provide advanced, open and shared data resources for monitoring and evaluating the sustainable development index representing the interaction between human and nature, in particular providing support for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The satellite has three payloads including thermal infrared, low light level and multispectral imagers, with 300 km wide data acquisition swath capability. It can achieve global coverage within 11 days.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Long March 6 | KL-Beta

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 4, 2021, 11:01 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The KL-Beta A and B, satellites are test satellites for a global multimedia satellite system for the German company KLEO Connect and the Chinese company Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology. The satellites were built by CAS Microspace and feature a Ka-band communications payload. The prototype system also includes another satellite “GMS-T” built by OHB System of Germany.

Polar Orbit

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Long March 6 | Zhongzi Group 02 (Ningxia-1-02)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 9, 2021, 11:59 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The Ningxin-1 satellites (also called Zhongzi) are a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellite owned by Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. Ltd. The satellites were built by DFH Satellite Co. Ltd of CAST. They have been reported to be a commercial operated global EM spectrum signal monitoring satellite system (SIGINT).

Low Earth Orbit

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Long March 6 | Qilu-1, Qilu-4 & others

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 27, 2021, 3:20 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

This launch delivered 9 commercial satellites into low Earth orbit. Qilu-1 and Qilu-4, as well as most other satellites on this mission, are Earth observation spacecraft. One other satellite on this mission is the scientific research and technology verification satellite NEO 1 with the purpose of observing small space bodies, as well as testing the technology to use deployable net for catching small objects in orbit.

Low Earth Orbit

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