Long March 4B | Haiyang 4-01
Long March 4B launched the Haiyang 4-01 mission for China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on Nov 13, 2024 (UTC).
Launch pad
Launch Complex 9 · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Long March 4B | Haiyang 4-01
Launched Nov 14, 2024 7:42:00 AMSuccess
2 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
190° S
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 98.0°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
Next generation Chinese ocean salinity measurements satellite to study ocean climatic changes and its effects on ecology and biological cycles.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Thu, Nov 14 · 7:42:00 AM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Rocket
- Long March 4B
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- SSO
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 9 · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China