Yaogan 51-07 to 09
Long March 2C, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch time
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Thu 5 Nov, 16:58 CET
15:58 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch record updated by LL2
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Yaogan 51-07 to 09 on Long March 2C. Thu 5 Nov 2026, 15:58 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1). Source: Launch Library 2.
3 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Launch context
Generated from source records
Yaogan 51-07 to 09: Long March 2C, operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Mission type: Government/Top Secret; target orbit: Low Earth Orbit. Recorded timing: Thu 5 Nov 2026, 15:58 UTC. The source reports a successful launch. 1 schedule move recorded; last detected 5 Nov 2026. Provider: 121 orbital attempts in our records since 6 Jan 2025, including 52 in 2026 (UTC). Vehicle: 6/6 resolved orbital outcomes succeeded (100%) in our records since 27 Feb 2025. Pad: 13 orbital attempts in our records since 6 Jan 2025.
Partial historical coverage. Records snapshot: .
What these records cover
Partial coverage of stored records, not lifetime or worldwide totals. Counts use known orbital attempts with a source date at or before this snapshot and a status confirming liftoff or an outcome. Scheduled, upstream-missing, suborbital and unknown-orbit records are excluded. Source dates are NET estimates, not verified actual liftoff times.
The vehicle percentage is Success / (Success + Failure + Partial Failure). In Flight and Payload Deployed count as attempts but are excluded from that denominator. Figures describe the stored record at this snapshot, not the vehicle's flight number or a prediction of this launch's outcome.
Launch Library 2 record checked . Recorded timing does not establish actual liftoff; plans can change.
Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)Launch timeline
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Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
Tracking since . 3 recorded changes.
Net movement of the source estimates: -0.03 hours. This is not a measured launch delay.
- Recorded change
Status changed from Go to Success
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Date became more certain: from Hour to Minute
- Recorded change
NET moved from Thu 5 Nov, around 16:00 UTC to Thu 5 Nov, 15:58 UTC
Source updates from Launch Library 2 (2)
Announcements supplied by LL2 may predate our tracking. They are separate from changes observed by Space Right Now.
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Launch success.
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Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
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Launch pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China (CN)
Coordinates: 28.247059, 102.029008
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