Long March-2C launches MisrSat-2 and StarPool-1 02 A/B

A Long March-2C launch vehicle launched MisrSat-2 and the second group of StarPool-1 satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on 4 December 2023, at 04:10 UTC (12:10 local time). According to official sources, MisrSat-2 (埃及二号卫星, Egypt-2) is a small remote-sensing satellite that will be operated by the Egyptian Space Agency. The StarPool-1 02 A/B satellites (XingChi-1 02 A/B, 星池一号第二组A/B星) are “independently developed by Ellipspace Technology Co., Ltd.” and will be “mainly used to provide wide-area comprehensive perception satellite application service”. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)