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A long march-7A Y2 carrier rocket blasts off from the Wenchang
Spacecraft Launch Site, south China's Hainan Province, March 12, 2021.
China launched its Long March-7A Y2 carrier rocket on Friday from the
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's island province of
Hainan. The rocket blasted off at 1:51 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the
launch site, sending an experimental satellite into the planned orbit.
The satellite will be mainly used for in-orbit tests of new technologies
including space environment monitoring. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
WENCHANG, Hainan, March 12 (Xinhua) -- China launched its Long
March-7A Y2 carrier rocket on Friday from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch
Site in south China's island province of Hainan. The rocket blasted off at 1:51 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch
site, sending an experimental satellite into the planned orbit. The satellite will be mainly used for in-orbit tests of new technologies including space environment monitoring. A modified version of the Long March-7 rocket, the launch vehicle
represents the new generation of China's medium-sized high-orbit rocket.
It has a carrying capacity of at least 7 tonnes for the geosynchronous
orbit. This was the 362nd flight mission of the Long March rocket series. Enditem
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