China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Unknown Payload

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is scheduled to launch a Long March 3B/YZ-1 rocket as part of the Unknown Payload mission. The launch is scheduled on 05/09/2024 01:50 UTC for the Unknown mission launching from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China. The status of the launch is Go For Launch. Don’t miss this exciting rocket launch! Watch the launch video of the Long March 3B/YZ-1 and experience the excitement for yourself.

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Mission: Unknown Payload

Details TBD.

Rocket: Long March 3B/YZ-1

The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.

Agency: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

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