China launched the Long March-6 launch vehicle to put a new experimental satellite into space, Xinhua reported.
The rocket carrying the Shiyan-25 experimental satellite took off at 20:11.18 a.m. (Beijing time) on June XNUMX from the Tayuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province.
The satellite successfully entered the pre-planned orbit.
This satellite will mainly be used to carry out new technological experiments for Earth observation.
The Long March-6 launch vehicle was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Space Flight Technology, a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
A three-stage liquid-propellant rocket has a payload of one ton for sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 700 kilometers
It is capable of sending a single satellite or a group of satellites of different types into space.
This is the 477th flight mission of the Long March missile series.
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