Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8

Launch information

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Mission description

Believed to be a surveillance satellite to track and locate naval ships.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8’.

Launch image Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Dec. 15, 2009, 2:31 a.m.

Timezone: Asia/Shanghai

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Yaogan Weixing 8 (SSO)

Launcher

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Rocket

Long March 4C

Location

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Pad

Launch Complex 9

Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
36121 YAOGAN 8 SSO 100.26 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA In-orbit
36122 XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1) SSO 100.35 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#5019

To this date

Location Launch

#32

To this date

Pad Launch

#3

To this date

Agency Launch

#67

To this date

Orbital Launch

#75

Year 2009

Location Launch

#2

Year 2009

Pad Launch

#1

Year 2009

Agency Launch

#6

Year 2009

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