Long March-6 launches 3 Tianping-3 satellites

A Long March-6 launch vehicle launched three Tianping-3 satellites [天平三号A(01)、B(01)、B(02)/ Tianping-3 A(01), B(01) , B(02)] from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, China, on 22 October 2024, at 00:10 UTC (08:10 local time). According to official sources, Tianping-3 A(01) is “mainly used for ground radar equipment calibration and RCS measurement, provides support for ground optical equipment imaging experiments and low-orbit space environment detection experiments, and provides services for atmospheric space environment measurements and orbit prediction model corrections”. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)