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Long March 4B | Huanjing 2A, 2B

September 27, 2020 at 3:23 AM UTC

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Long March 4B | Huanjing 2A, 2B launch image
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September 27, 2020 at 3:23 AM UTC

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Launch Complex 9

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 38.8631, 111.5896

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Launch Complex 9

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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September 27, 2020 at 3:23 AM UTC
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September 27, 2020 at 3:23 AM UTC
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June 14, 2023 at 3:42 AM UTC

Mission description

Huanjing (abbreviated as HJ) is a constellation of environmental monitoring satellites. The HJ-2A and HJ-2B are 16-meter optical satellites which will provide 16-meter multispectral, 48-meter hyperspectral and infrared image data.

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Long March-4B launches Huanjing-2A and Huanjing-2B

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Vehicle

Long March 4B

Long March · B

Height

44.1 m

Diameter

3.35 m

LEO capacity

4,200 kg

Successful launches

56

Launch complex

Launch Complex 9

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a People's Republic of China space and defense launch facility. It is situated in Kelan County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province and is the second of four launch sites having been founded in March 1966 and coming into full operation in 1968.

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