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Zhangheng-1-02

Long March 2D, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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Sat 14 Jun, 09:56 CEST

07:56 UTC

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Mission

Zhangheng-1-02 on Long March 2D. Sat 14 Jun 2025, 07:56 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603). Source: Launch Library 2.

Zhangheng 1-02, also known as CSES-02 (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite-02), is the follow-on mission to Zhangheng 1/CSES, a Chinese–Italian space mission dedicated to monitoring the electromagnetic field and waves, plasma parameters, and particle fluxes induced by natural sources and artificial emitters in near-Earth space, to study their correlations with the occurrence of seismic events. The satellite mission is part of a collaboration program between the CNSA (China National Space Administration) and ASI (Italian Space Agency), and developed by CEA (China Earthquake Administration) and INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics), together with several Chinese and Italian Universities and research Institutes.

Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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    Source updates from Launch Library 2 (3)

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    1. LL2 update

      Launch success.

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    2. LL2 update

      Delayed to June 14 per new NOTAMs.

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    3. LL2 update

      Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.

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    Launch pad

    Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

    Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China (CN)

    Coordinates: 40.960482, 100.298059

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    Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)

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