PIESAT-2 13-16
Long March 2D · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM UTC
4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Vehicle
- Long March 2D
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Orbit
- SSO
- Payload
- PIESAT-2 13-16
- Status
- Launch Successful
- Vehicle height
- 38.3 m
- Liftoff thrust
- 2,962 kN
- Vehicle type flights
- 101
- Vehicle type success rate
- 99.0%
What changed
- SEP 19 · 12:15 PM UTCLaunch time now preciseDetected by RocketRune
- SEP 19 · 12:15 PM UTCOrbit set to SSODetected by RocketRune
- SEP 19 · 12:15 PM UTCMission renamed to PIESAT-2 13-16Detected by RocketRune
- SEP 19 · 12:15 PM UTCLaunched successfullyDetected by RocketRune
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