Long March 2D | Zhangheng-1 (CSES)
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) — Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Zhangheng-1 (CSES)
- Type
- Planetary Science
- Target orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Zhangheng-1, also known as CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is a scientific mission dedicated to studying the ionospheric precursors of earthquakes. Data collected by the mission will also allow studying solar-terrestrial interactions and phenomena of solar physics. This mission is a collaboration between China National Space Administration and the Italian Space Agency. CSES satellite weighs about 730 kg and it is to reside in a 98° sun-synchronous circular orbit at an altitude about 500 km, where it is expected to operate for 5 years.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Family
- Long March
- Variant
- D
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
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launch site
- Pad
- Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
- Location
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 40.9605, 100.2981