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yaogan weixing wuhao

Chang Zheng 4B launch from Taiyuan (China) on December 15, 2008, carrying 1 payload. GCAT records the launch as a success.

December 15, 2008 · 03:22 UTCLaunch 2008-064Launch no. 4,949 in the log
SpaceportTaiyuanpad LC9
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencySASTChina

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
December 15, 2008, 03:22
Launch designation
2008-064
Mission
yaogan weixing wuhao
Flight name
Yaogan 5
Vehicle flight ID
Y20

Orbit and payload

Initial perigee
480 km
Initial apogee
494 km
Inclination
97.4°
Payload mass to orbit
2.7 t
Payloads
1
GCAT launch code
OS

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Yaogan Weixing 52008-064ANORAD 33456General Armaments Dept. of the PLAOptical imaging2,700 kgReentered (orbital decay) · Sep 2, 2014

Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.