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Smart Dragon 3 launches OSE HS-01 & 02 from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
China Rocket Co. Ltd.'s Smart Dragon 3 lifted off from Haiyang offshore launch location at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport on 05 Aug 2026 02:38:00 UTC. The flight succeeded.
The flight
The window opened at 02:27 UTC and ran 21 minutes. Liftoff came 11 minutes into it.
The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit.
The 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.
Payload description as recorded by Launch Library 2.
By the numbers
China Rocket Co. Ltd. has now flown 13 launches in total. Its run of consecutive successful launches stands at 13.
It was the 10th launch from Haiyang offshore launch location.
| Liftoff | 05 Aug 2026 02:38:00 UTC |
|---|---|
| Outcome | Launch Successful |
| Vehicle | Smart Dragon 3 |
| Provider | China Rocket Co. Ltd. |
| Pad | Haiyang offshore launch location |
| Target orbit | Sun-Synchronous Orbit |
Written by Everything Space from Launch Library 2’s record of this flight — every figure above comes from that record. Fetched Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:34:59 GMT.