2023 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01
successLong March 2C | MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01
Macau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to study the different layers of the Earth’s magnetosphere system, particularly in the South Atlantic Anomaly by studying the origin and evolution of the geomagnetic field and the geomagnetic inversion mechanism, and draw a high-precision and high-resolution lithospheric geomagnetic map. Luojia-2 01 is a 0.5 m resolution Earth observation Synthetic-aperture radar satellite from Wuhan University.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 21, 2023 at 08:00 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Mission
- MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit