On the 21st May 2024 1215 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time, on the afternoon of, China, People’s Republic of中國製造 Expace Technology Corporation, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation’s Aerospace Sanjiang Rocket Company was a complete success launched Kuaizhou 11 successfully opened a new phase of batch launch!
At 12:15 on May 21, 2024, the “Kuaizhou 11” Yaosi-4 launch vehicle carried the main satellite “Wuhan-1” satellite, the ultra-low orbit technology test satellite and the carrying satellites Tianyan 22 and “Lingque 3” Four satellites of magnitude 01 were ignited and launched from station 95A of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, placing the satellites into predetermined orbits.
Kuaizhou 11 (KZ-11) is a medium-sized solid launch vehicle developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation’s Aerospace Sanjiang. It adopts a four-stage series configuration, with the first, second and third stages using solid power and the fourth stage using liquid power. The rocket has a height of 25 meters and a diameter of 2.2 meters. It can be equipped with fairings of 2.2 meters in diameter and 3.2 meters in diameter. It has a take-off mass of 78 tons and a take-off thrust of 180 tons. Its low-Earth orbit (LEO) transport capacity is 1.5 tons and its range is 700 kilometers. Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) capacity 1 ton. This rocket is equipped with a fairing with a diameter of 2.2 meters.
Since its first flight (failed) on July 10, 2020, the Kuaizhou-11 has carried out a total of three launches, with a success rate of about 67%. Starting this year, the Kuaizhou-11 has entered the batch launch phase, with plans to carry out no less than four launch missions, with the target orbit being a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at an altitude of 530 kilometers.
This launch is the first launch of the Kuaizhou-11 rocket in 2024, the 8th launch of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the 24th launch in China, and the 96th launch in the world.
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