19 September 2026 – At 18:50 September 19th, 2026 BJT, Long March-2D (LM-2D) Launch Vehicle successfully launched PIESAT-02 1316 satellites from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC). PIESAT-02 1316 Satellites are owned by Zhuzhou Space Interstellar Satellite Technology Co.,Ltd. and designed & manufactured by GalaxySpace, which are mainly used for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, with high-precision imaging capability. LM-2D Launch Vehicle is a liquid two-stage launcher designed and manufactured by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), also a subsidiary of CASC. LM-2D is designed for LEO and SSO remote sensing satellite launch mission, and the designed capacity is 1300kg for 700km sun synchronous orbit. This is the 106th launch of LM-2D. Read more