Long March 2C/SM | Tan Ce 1

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (Government)
• Rocket: Long March 2C/SM — Long March family

Mission

The Double Star spacecraft, called also Tan Ce (TC) which in Chinese means ‘Probe‘, is a joint Chinese and ESA mission to study the effect of the Sun on the Earth's environment. The polar spacecraft (TC-2) will monitor the energy input from the solar wind into the polar ionosphere. The equatorial spacecraft (TC-1) will investigate the so-called substorm process, when it is in the Earth's magnetotail, and the entry of solar particle on the front side of the magnetosphere.

• Type: Earth Science
• Orbit: Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
• Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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