Long March 4C | Daqi-2 (AEMS)

Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Vehicle: Long March 4C

Launch Date: April 17, 2026

Launch Site: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

Target Orbit: SSO

Orbital Compute Tier: Minimal

Daqi-2 (DQ-2), also known as the Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Satellite/AEMS, is the second of follow-on series of Chinese satellites to the GF-5 series for high resolution atmospheric environment monitoring of greenhouse gases, such as atmospheric aerosol and carbon dioxide.

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