Long March 2D sends Yaogan Weixing 31 satellite aloft

Using a Long March 2D booster, China has successfully sent its newest Yaogan Weixing remote sensing satellite into orbit. The launch was conducted at 04:11 GMT on Sunday, December 3 (11:11 p.m. EST on Saturday, December 2), 2017, from the LC43 Launch Complex at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in China’s Gansu Province. The mission was originally scheduled for November, and the Long March 2D rocket was delivered to JSLC in mid-October. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Insider - Dec 4)