Long March 2D rocket sends four satellites into orbit By ZHAO LEI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-06-11 13:01 Share CLOSE China sends four satellites into planned orbits from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province on June 11, 2021. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A Long March 2D carrier rocket was launched on Friday morning at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province to transport four satellites into orbit, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country’s major space contractor.
CASC said in a statement the rocket blasted off at 11:03 am to deploy the Beijing-3 commercial remote-sensing satellite and three small experimental satellites. This was the 52nd launch of the Long March 2D and the 373rd mission of the Long March rocket family.
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CHINA sent a new meteorological satellite into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province early yesterday.
The satellite, Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), was launched by a Long March-3B
XICHANG, June 3 China sent a new meteorological satellite into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province on Thursday morning. The satellite, Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), was launched by a Long March-3B rocket at 00:17 a.m. (Beijing Time).