Haiyang 2B Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

24 Oct 2018, 10:57pm

UTC

Location

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center

Pad

Launch Complex 9

Launch Service Provider

CASC

Vehicle

Long March 4B

Mission

Haiyang 2B

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Haiyang is a series of Chinese marine remote sensing satellites. Haiyang 2B is a follow up to Haiyang 2A satellite. It is intended for monitoring the dynamic ocean environnement with microwave sensors to detect sea surface wind field, sea surface height and sea surface temperature.

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Long March-4B launches HY-2B satellite