China to launch Haiyang-2D Oceanography Satellite from Jiuquan
May 18, 2021
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket is expected to take a Haiyang oceanography satellite to orbit early Wednesday morning. Liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is expected at approximately 12:10 PM local time (04:10 UTC) on 19 May.
The Haiyang-2D satellite, the fourth in the Haiyang-2 series and eighth Haiyang satellite overall, will be deployed into sun synchronous orbit to conduct oceanographic research.
The mission will launch from the SLS-2 launch pad, part of Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia. The launch of Haiyang-2D will be the seventh launch from Jiuquan this year.