Chinese Long March 2C successfully launches SAR satellite pair

by | Jul 18, 2022 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News

China launched a Long March 2C/3 (CZ-2C/3) vehicle from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 2257 GMT on 15 July 2022.

The vehicle carried SuperView Neo 2-01 and 2-02 (aka Siwei Gaojing 3 and 4), a pair of Earth observation satellites, to a Sun-Synchronous low Earth Orbit (SSO). Operated and constructed by China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd – a subsidiary of the a subsidiary of state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) – the satellites will be used to capture synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) images with a resolution of 50 cm.

Jonathan Freeman contributed to this story. 

A Long March-2C rocket carried a pair of satellites known as SuperView Neo-2 01/02, or Siwei Gaojing-2 01/02. Courtesy: Xinhua.

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