Smart Dragon 3

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China Rocket Co. Ltd. (CHNR)

Dec. 9, 2022

Description

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
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Family
  • Name
    Smart Dragon 3
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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.

Commercial
None
CHNR

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

Previous Flights

flew on four previous launch(es).

Smart Dragon 3 | OSE HS-01 & 02

China Rocket Co. Ltd. | China
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Smart Dragon 3 | SatNet test satellite

China Rocket Co. Ltd. | China
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO communication satellite constellation SatNet.

Polar Orbit
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Smart Dragon 3 | 10 x CentiSpace-1

China Rocket Co. Ltd. | China
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese commercial small satellites by Beijing-based company Future Navigation for providing GNSS augmentation signals services from LEO. They are part of a planned 160 satellites constellation.

Low Earth Orbit
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Smart Dragon 3 | PRSC-EO2 & 6 satellites

China Rocket Co. Ltd. | China
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Carried 7 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including PRSC-EO2 (Earth observation satellite for the Pakistan government's SUPARCO) & CUHK-1. Details on other payloads to be confirmed.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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