2023-069 Success

Long March 2C | MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01

May 21, 2023, 08:00 AM UTC

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Launch Overview

Vehicle

Chang Zheng 2C

Agency

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Site / Pad

JQ / LC43/94

Outcome

Success

Flight

Y60

COSPAR Designator

2023-069

Mission

MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01 (Earth Science)

Macau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to study the different layers of the Earth’s magnetosphere system, particularly in the South Atlantic Anomaly by studying the origin and evolution of the geomagnetic field and the geomagnetic inversion mechanism, and draw a high-precision and high-resolution lithospheric geomagnetic map. Luojia-2 01 is a 0.5 m resolution Earth observation Synthetic-aperture radar satellite from Wuhan University.

Vehicle & Provider

Rocket

Long March 2C

Provider

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Agency launches

421 (16 YTD)

Site launches

193 (11 YTD)

Pad launches

102 (6 YTD)

Payloads (3)

Piece Name Owner State Track
2023-069A Macao Science 1A CASC CN Track
2023-069B Macao Science 1B CASC CN Track
2023-069C Luojia-2 01 WUHAN CN Track