Demo Flight (Pujiang-2 & Tiankun-2)

Long March 6A

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Launch Status

Success

Tue • Mar 29th, 2022
9:50 AM UTC

Mission

Demo Flight (Pujiang-2 & Tiankun-2)

Type: Test Flight

First launch of the Long March 6A rocket.

Pujiang 2 is a Chinese technology demonstration satellite.

Tiankun-2 is a satellite developed by CASIC, which is a technology demonstration mission to test out their new small satellite bus.

Trajectory

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Mission patch for Demo Flight (Pujiang-2 & Tiankun-2)

Location

Launch Complex 9A

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China

123 rockets have launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China.

Agency

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation – CASC

Type: Government
Abbreviation: CASC
Administration: Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei
Founded: 1999
Launchers: Long March
Country: CHN

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

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