Long March 4B | Yaogan 47
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Dec. 9, 2025, 3:33 a.m. - Dec. 9, 2025, 3:56 a.m.
Dec. 9, 2025, 3:33 a.m. - Dec. 9, 2025, 3:56 a.m.
The Yaogan 47 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
Launch success.
Updated plausible launch vehicle identity per latest marine navigation warnings, with high uncertainty.
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
The 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.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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