Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch probability
Not published
Window opens
September 16, 2003 at 10:30 AM UTC
Window closes
September 16, 2003 at 10:30 AM UTC
Feed updated
July 8, 2023 at 6:03 AM UTC
Mission description
Tsinghua-1 or Hangtian Qinghua 1 is the first demonstrator for the Disaster Monitoring Constellation and carries multi-spectral Earth imaging cameras providing 39-meter nadir ground resolution in 3 spectral bands.
Vehicle
Kaituozhe-1
Kaituozhe · 1
Height
18 m
Diameter
2 m
LEO capacity
100 kg
Successful launches
0
Launch complex
Kaituozhe Launch Pad
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.