Launch success.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation / MISSION BRIEFING
Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03
Long March 4B · Government/Top Secret
Success
LAUNCH TIMEMISSION COMPLETETiming is subject to mission updates
Mission image · CASC
Mission overview
6 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
- Mission
- Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Timeline
Scheduled event sequence from Launch Library 2. These are planned milestones, not confirmed telemetry. Events remain unconfirmed until a verified source reports them.
A verified event timeline has not been published for this mission.
Mission intelligence
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Listening for verified changes
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Read source update
Delayed to September 10 per new NOTAMs.
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities extremely uncertain.
Schedule history
No changes recorded
Changes are recorded when ORBITAL retrieves data. The detection time may differ from the time the source changed its information.
Rocket
Long March 4BChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · ChinaThe Long March 4B (Chinese: 长征四号乙火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 4B, CZ-4B and LM-4B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits.
Payload
Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03
Payload details are described in the mission overview. No independently structured payload manifest or payload mass has been provided by the source.
Target orbit
SCHEMATIC · NOT A FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Classification
- LEO
Launch site
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Latitude
- 40.96048°
- Longitude
- 100.29806°
- Country
- China
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
Live & mission coverage
No verified official livestream has been announced. Check mission sources for coverage updates.
Sources
Source links and confidence are preserved with each mission. Official updates take priority when verified.
Launch Library 2high · P80
ll.thespacedevs.com · Updated Sep 13, 2026 04:23 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
m.weibo.cn · Updated Sep 13, 2026 04:23 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
forum.nasaspaceflight.com · Updated Sep 13, 2026 04:23 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
forum.nasaspaceflight.com · Updated Sep 13, 2026 04:23 UTCMission photographs are provided by the original sources. Their rights remain with their creators; consult the source before reusing an image.