China News Service, Beijing, December 30 (Reporter Ma Shuaisha) According to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, at 8:13 on December 30, Beijing time, the Long March-2C rocket and the upper stage of the Yuanzheng-1S ignited and took off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, successfully putting the satellite Internet technology test satellite into the scheduled orbit. In 2023, the Long March-2C rocket will be launched in nine battles and nine victories, breaking the record for the number of annual launches of this model and completing the "final battle" of the launch mission of the Long March series of launch vehicles in 2023.
On December 30, the Long March-2C rocket and the upper stage of the Yuanzheng-1S ignited and took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, successfully launching the satellite Internet technology test satellite into the scheduled orbit. Photo by Wang Jiangbo.
According to statistics, this mission is the 505th flight of the Long March family of launch vehicles. In 2023, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) will carry out 48 space launches, including 47 Long March series carrier rockets and one Jielong-3 launch vehicle, and more than 130 spacecraft (including carrying) spacecraft will be put into predetermined orbits, and all launch missions will be a complete success. China's Long March series of launch vehicles has broken the winning streak to 175 times.
The Long March-2C rocket and the upper stage of the Yuanzheng-1S launched by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation are developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, and an upper stage of the Yuanzheng-1S is added on the basis of the Long March-2C two-stage state rocket, which can carry out orbital launch missions such as low-earth orbit, sun-synchronous orbit and geosynchronous transfer orbit, and Earth-Moon transfer orbit, with one rocket and one satellite, one arrow and multiple satellites launch and constellation deployment capabilities, and the 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit carrying capacity is 25 tons. This is the third launch mission of the upper stage of the Expedition-1S in 2023. Up to now, the upper stage of the Expedition-1S has flown 7 times, with a success rate of 100%.
The satellite Internet technology test satellite launched this time was developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. (ENDS).
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