China Rocket Co. Ltd. Smart Dragon 3 OSE HS-01 & 02 Rocket Launch

Mission Details

2 hyper-spectral Earth observation satellites from Chinese company STAR.VISION. Both satellites are built in corporation with foreign customers: <br> <br>* Lampung-1: Built in close partnership with Lampung Province, Indonesia, to accelerate marine economy growth, environmental governance, and regional industry collaboration. <br> <br>* Samarkand 2028: Jointly created with Uzcosmos, Uzbekistan, to support regional ecological monitoring and technological innovation.

Launch Location

Launch site: Haiyang offshore launch location - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Chinese orbital launch vehicle launches supporting sea port located at Haiyang, Shandong Province, with dedicated piers and rocket/payload processing facilities for Chinese launch vehiclesu2019 sea launches, and (as part of its expansion project) land based launch pads on artificial islands for various test vehicles and launch vehicles of private and government launch services providers. <br> <br>In operation as a remote base of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center since 2019.

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