Tianying-3F
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Chinese two-stage sounding rocket using a Tianying 3C as the second stage and a larger first stage.
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2016 April 26
17:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Hainan. LV Family: Tianying-3C. Launch Vehicle: Tianying-3F.- Kunpeng-1B - .
Nation: China.
Apogee: 316 km (196 mi).
Ionosphere mission. Impacted in S China Sea. The Hainan sounding rocket station was a small facility at 109 07E 19 31 N, on the other side of Hainan from the new Wenchang Space Center. The TY-3F sounding rocket had a booster stage added to the earlier single-stage Tianying design, to increase its apogee