CASC - CZ-4C Y57 / Long March-4C / Shiyan-20 A/B Mission patch.
Dec 12, 2022
Long March-4C carrying Shiyan-20 A/B liftoff
A Long March-4C launch vehicle launched the Shiyan-20 A/B satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on 12 December 2022, at 08:22 UTC (16:22 local time).
Long March-4C launches Shiyan-20 A/B
According to official sources, the Shiyan-20 A/B (试验二十号A/B) satellites have been “accurately put into a predetermined orbit” and will be “mainly used for on-orbit verification tests of new technologies, such as space environment monitoring”.
Shiyan-20 satellite
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