China on Friday launched a new satellite to study space environment, local media reported.<\/p>\n
The experiment satellite was sent into planned orbit at around 07:01 a.m. local time (2301GMT Thursday) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northern Shanxi province, according to broadcaster CGTN.<\/p>\n
An indigenously-built Long March-4B carrier rocket was used to launch the third satellite of the Shiyan-6 series.<\/p>\n
China had launched first two Shiyan-6 satellites using Long March-2D rocket in November 2018 and July 2020 with similar objectives.<\/p>\n
The satellite is expected to carry out space environment survey and hold experiments on related technologies.<\/p>\n
It was the 365th launch by the Long March rocket series. The Long March-4B rocket is capable of launching various types of satellites to different orbits, and can launch multiple satellites in a single flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
China on Friday launched a new satellite to study space environment, local media reported. The experiment satellite was sent into planned orbit at around 07:01 a.m. local time (2301GMT Thursday) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northern Shanxi province, according to broadcaster CGTN. […]<\/p>\n
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