Launch Overview
Vehicle
Chang Zheng 4B
Agency
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Site / Pad
TYSC / LC7
Outcome
Success
Flight
Y6
COSPAR Designator
2002-049
Mission
Zi Yuan-2 02 xing (Earth Science)
JB-3 2 was nominally a Chinese (PRC) remote sensing satellite, although US intelligence sources indicated it had primarily an intelligence imaging mission. JB-3 2 was the name adopted by the USSPACECOM. Most news reports from China and elsewhere use different names: ZY-2B (acronym for ZiYuan-2B, translated as Resource-2B), and Zhong Guo Zi Yuan Er Hao, translated as China Resource 2. No information was available on the instruments onboard the JB-3 2, but officially it was intended 'for territorial survey, environment monitoring and protection, urban planning, crop yield assessment, disaster monitoring, and space scientific experiments'.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Long March 4B
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Agency launches
12 (4 YTD)
Site launches
15 (3 YTD)
Pad launches
14 (2 YTD)