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2025 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Yaogan 40 Group 03

successLong March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 03

3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing".

Overview

Date / time: September 6, 2025 at 04:34 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 9A
Mission: Yaogan 40 Group 03
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Polar Orbit

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Payloads deployed · 3