2023 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)
successLong March 3B/E | L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)
China’s (and globally) first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite being put into geosynchronous orbit. It can provide unprecedented all-time Earth observations of an area near the same longitude and can provide unique non-interrupted observations for various uses.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 12, 2023 at 05:26 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Mission
- L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit