A Long March-2D carrier rocket was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on April 3, sending Yaogan 42 01 satellite into preset orbit.
A Long March-2D carrier rocket, carrying the Yaogan 42 01 satellite, is launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on April 3. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Both of the rocket and the satellite were generally developed by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan 42 01 satellite is ready for launch at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The Long March-2D rocket is a two-stage, ambient temperature liquid carrier rocket with the capability to launch single or multiple satellites into different orbits from the satellite launch centers. It has a carrying capacity of 1.3 metric tons in the sun-synchronous orbit 700 kilometers above the ground.
The launch on April 3 was the 515th flight of the Long March rocket family.
(Executive editor: Zhu Zeya)
