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AlSat 3B
Long March 2CChina Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Saturday, January 31, 2026 · 04:01 AM UTC
This mission is complete.
Mission brief
The mission
Earth observation satellite built by China's CAST for the Algerian Space Agency.
PayloadAlSat 3B
OrbitSSO
CustomerChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Stages2
PadLaunch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Flight plan
Mission timeline
14 / 14100%
The range
Where it leaves Earth
Launch site
Ground vector
Site locked
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Global range
- Latitude
- 40.960°N
- Longitude
- 100.298°E
Can I see this?
Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.
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Range weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather rules
Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
03:54 AM UTC – 04:25 AM UTC
Hardware
Vehicle & provider
Reliability
Schedule history
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.