Long March 4C launched with Yaogan 9 spacecraft

[Zipi]

China successfully launched another Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan space base Friday, according to state-run media outlets.

The Yaogan 9 spacecraft blasted off from Jiuquan on a Long March 4C rocket at 0455 GMT (11:55 p.m. EST Thursday), or 12:55 p.m. local time. The three-stage rocket successfully delivered the secret payload to orbit, the state-owned Xinhua news agency reported.

Quoted from: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n100 ... index.html

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ6eEA25ico[/youtube]

Yaogan Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaogan
Long March 4C Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_4C
Long March Rocket Family Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_(rocket_family)

 

[EarthlingX]

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Space center :
from Wiki : Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
from Federation of American Scientists : Base 20 Jiuquan Space Facility

From http://www.globalsecurity.org/index.html
CZ-4CLong March Space Launch Vehicle

from Encyclopedia Astronautica and Wiki :

Launcher :
Astronautix :CZ Family
Wiki : Long March (rocket family)
Wiki : Long March 4C

1st stage : CZ-1
engines : YF-20 fuel : N[sub]2[/sub]O[sub]4[/sub]/UDMH

2nd stage : CZ-2
engines : YF-22 fuel : N[sub]2[/sub]O[sub]4[/sub]/UDMH

3rd stage : CZ-YF-40
engines: YF-40 ( i'm not sure ? ) fuel : N[sub]2[/sub]O[sub]4[/sub]/UDMH