China launches a Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying Shiyan-20 B/C satellites at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, December 12, 2022. /CFP
China launches a Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying Shiyan-20 B/C satellites at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, December 12, 2022. /CFP
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying two new satellites blasted off from northwest China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 4:22 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Monday.
Having entered the planned orbit, the satellite duo – Shiyan-20 B/C – will be used for space environmental monitoring and conducting in-orbit verification of other technologies.
The launch was the 454th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
Source: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Source: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Source: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Source: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Source: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Source: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation