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14:57, 20-Nov-2018
China successfully launches five satellites on single rocket
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14:15, 23-Nov-2018
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China successfully sent five satellites into space on a Long March-2D carrier rocket in China's northwestern Gansu Province on Tuesday.
Launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the rocket lifted off at 7:40 a.m. BJT, with Shiyan-6 satellite and four microsatellites onboard.
All the satellites have entered the preset orbit.
Shiyan-6 satellite and four microsatellites onboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket were sent into the orbit. /VCG Photo
Shiyan-6 satellite and four microsatellites onboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket were sent into the orbit. /VCG Photo
Shiyan-6 is mainly for space environment detection and related technical tests. Two Tianping-1 microsatellites will be used for the precision calibration of ground monitoring equipment. Jiading-1, developed by Shanghai-based Space OK, is the first low-orbit microsatellite of the company's commercial communication satellite network.
Another microsatellite, developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of Chinese Academy of Science, will be deployed to support the adaptation of on-ground android system technologies in space and the research and development of open-source satellite software.
It is the 292nd mission of the Long March rocket series.
(Top image: The Long March-2D carrier rocket lifted off with five satellites from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. /VCG Photo)