Shanghai (ANTARA) - China launched nine satellites into their\ndesignated orbits on Wednesday (16\/9) from waters off the coast of\nShanghai, China.<\/p>\n
The offshore launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan Satellite\nLaunch Centre.<\/p>\n
The satellites, which include a new group from the Qianfan\nConstellation and one EUHT technology test satellite, were launched at\n06:00 Beijing Time (05:00 WIB) using the Gravity-1 Y3 carrier rocket.\nThe mission was declared a complete success.<\/p>\n
According to the Chinese commercial aerospace company OrienSpace, the\ndeveloper of the rocket, the mission set a new record for a single\nChinese sea-based launch in terms of payload weight and orbital\naltitude, with a net payload weight of over 3 tonnes and an insertion\naltitude of approximately 800 kilometres.<\/p>\n
This achievement verifies the adaptability of the sea-based launch\nmodel for missions involving medium and large-sized satellite\npayloads.<\/p>\n
To date, the Gravity-1 rocket has conducted four sea-based launches,\nall of which have been successful. Today\u2019s mission marks the first\nGravity-1 launch intended to form a large satellite internet\nconstellation network in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).<\/p>\n
According to OrienSpace, the satellites carried by the rocket were\nproduced in Shanghai and launched from the waters near Shanghai.<\/p>\n
Such land-sea coordination helps to improve the overall efficiency of\nproduction and launch operations for commercial spacecraft.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/chinas-gravity-1-rocket-launches-new-satellites-from-sea-1789560340", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }