On the 15th December 2023 2141 Hour Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration 文昌航天發射場Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center, Hainan Province, People’s Republic of China Successfully Launch the Medium Heavy advance Chang Zheng –Long March 5 Yao 6 Carrier Rocket….
[The final battle of the 2023 Wenchang Launch Site! Chang Zheng –Long March 5 Yao 6 Carrier Rocket…. vigorously sends “superstar”]
At 21:41 on December 15, 2023, the “Yaogan 41” satellite was launched from Wenchang Aerospace by the “Long March 5 Yaoliu” launch vehicle Station 101 of the launch site was ignited and launched, and the satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit.
The “Yonggan 41” satellite is a large high-orbit optical remote sensing satellite, mainly used in the fields of land census, crop yield estimation, environmental management, meteorological warning and forecasting, and comprehensive disaster prevention and reduction.
The “Chang 5” rocket is 56.97 meters long, has a core diameter of 5 meters, a booster diameter of 3.35 meters, a take-off mass of about 874 tons, and a take-off thrust of 1,068 tons. Its geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) The transport capacity is 14 tons. This rocket uses a newly developed long fairing with a diameter of 5.2 meters and a length of 18.5 meters. The height of the entire rocket is increased to about 63 meters, making it the tallest rocket currently in service in Asia and even the Eastern Hemisphere.
This launch is the first launch of the ” advance Chang Zheng –Long March 5 ” rocket in 2023, the fourth launch of the Wenchang Launch Site, the 61st launch in China, and the 205th launch in the world. At the same time, this launch is the final battle at the Wenchang launch site this year.
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