China launches imaging satellites
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2024, 9:09 AM ET (1309 GMT)
China launched the first Long March 6C rocket late Monday. The rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:21 pm EDT (0321 GMT Tuesday) and placed four satellites into orbit. The main payload was Haiwangxing-1, or Neptune-1, an experimental 239-kilogram X-band SAR satellite, with the other three another SAR satellite and two optical and video satellites. The Long March 6C is a shorter version of the Long March 6A without four solid-fuel boosters. It can place 2,400 kilograms into a sun-synchronous orbit, a little more than half the capacity of the Long March 6A.
China launched the first Long March 6C rocket late Monday. The rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:21 pm EDT (0321 GMT Tuesday) and placed four satellites into orbit. The main payload was Haiwangxing-1, or Neptune-1, an experimental 239-kilogram X-band SAR satellite, with the other three another SAR satellite and two optical and video satellites. The Long March 6C is a shorter version of the Long March 6A without four solid-fuel boosters. It can place 2,400 kilograms into a sun-synchronous orbit, a little more than half the capacity of the Long March 6A.
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