XJS C, D, E & F

Launch data:

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Two of the four satellites were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a division of the government-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The other two spacecraft were developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology and the DFH Satellite Co. Ltd., according to Xinhua.

Mission details:

• A Chinese Long March 2D rocket carried four “technology experiment satellites” (Xin Jishu Shiyan Weixing) for Earth observation and intersatellite communications into orbit on Feb 19, 2020 from the Xichang space center in southwestern China.
• The two-stage Long March 2D launcher lifted off from the Xichang space base in southwestern China′s Sichuan province at 2107 GMT (4:07 p.m. EST) Wednesday, according to Xinhua. The launch occurred at 5:07 a.m. Thursday Beijing time.
• XJS C and D were built by SAST/Shanghai; XJS E by Harbin, and XJS F by DFH Satellite.
• The launch of the XJS satellites marked the first flight of a Long March 2D rocket from the Xichang space center. Xichang previously hosted flights of the Long March 2C rocket variant, along with launches of the Long March 3 family of rockets.

External links:

• Satellite tracking: Real time satellite tracking