China Aerospace Science and Expertise Company (CASC) introduced on Tuesday that the brand new Lengthy March 6C provider rocket efficiently launched for the primary time.
A press release launched by the corporate stated: “At this time, Tuesday, China Aerospace Science and Expertise Group Co., Ltd. efficiently carried out the primary launch of the environmentally pleasant Lengthy March 6C provider rocket. At 11:21 Beijing time (06:21 Moscow time), the rocket launched from China The northern Taiyuan Area Middle launched into orbit, carrying 4 satellites together with Neptune-1 and Zhixing-1C.
The Lengthy March 6C rocket is a two-stage liquid gasoline area rocket developed by consultants from the Shanghai Institute of Area Expertise. It’s 43 meters lengthy and three.35 meters in diameter, and may transport 4.5 tons of payload to low-Earth orbit.
In recent times, China has actively developed its nationwide aerospace business, launched plenty of meteorological service, distant sensing service, communication and navigation service satellites, and is conducting asteroid and Mars analysis tasks. It additionally has an orbital station in area devoted to scientific analysis. It has carried out 67 area launches final 12 months and plans to conduct one other 100 area launches this 12 months.
