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On Monday, China successfully launched four Tianmu-1 weather satellites into space using the Kuizhou-1A launch vehicle. This was reported by Xinhua, according to Ukrinform’s report. The rocket carrying
This was reported by Xinhua, according to Ukrinform’s report.
The rocket carrying the spacecraft took off from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in the Gobi Desert in northwestern China at 9:00 am local time (3:00 am Kiev time). It was reported that all of the satellites entered the planned orbits.
The new Tianmu-1 instruments will be included in the group of meteorological satellites, which has increased to 14 in number, and will be used to collect data on the global atmosphere and provide commercial services in the field of meteorology.
The Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle has a length of 19.4 m, a diameter of 1.4 m and a launch mass of 30 tons. It is a high-reliability, relatively inexpensive solid-fuel rocket designed to launch satellites weighing less than 300 kg into low Earth orbit.
Today’s mission was the 23rd flight of Kuizhou-1A.
As Ukrinform reported, Lockheed Martin’s experimental communications satellite went into the wrong orbit due to problems with the upper stage of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle.
Photo: “Xinhua”
Source: Ukrinform
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