Smart Dragon 3 | OSE HS-01 & 02

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Haiyang offshore launch location Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

2 hyper-spectral Earth observation satellites from Chinese company STAR.VISION. Both satellites are built in corporation with foreign customers: * Lampung-1: Built in close partnership with Lampung Province, Indonesia, to accelerate marine economy growth, environmental governance, and regional industry collaboration. * Samarkand 2028: Jointly created with Uzcosmos, Uzbekistan, to support regional ecological monitoring and technological innovation.

Updates
Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 5, 2026, 3:27 a.m.

Launch success.

Link https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5328510384346046
Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 5, 2026, 2:40 a.m.

Liftoff.

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElbEmB1PUM
LL2 • Aug. 5, 2026, 1:49 a.m.

Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElbEmB1PUM
Cosmic_Penguin • July 30, 2026, 5:34 a.m.

Moved to August 5 per new NOTAMs.

Link https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2810087#msg2810087
Cosmic_Penguin • July 29, 2026, 5:35 a.m.

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

Link https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2809562#msg2809562

Smart Dragon 3

Family:
Configuration:

Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.

Specifications
  • Length
    32.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.64 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Launch Mass
    140.0 T
  • Thrust
    ―
Family
  • Name
    Smart Dragon 3
  • Family
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  • Variant
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  • Alias
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  • Full Name
    Smart Dragon 3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
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  • Low Earth Orbit
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  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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  • Direct Geostationary
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  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1500.0 kg

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

(CHNR)

Successes: 13 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Haiyang offshore launch location

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