Chinese commercial small rocket launches two satellites
Posted: Sun, Sep 1, 2019, 9:33 AM ET (1333 GMT)
A small launch vehicle operated by the commercial arm of a Chinese company placed two satellites into orbit Friday. The Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 7:41 pm EDT (2341 GMT) and placed the KX-09 and Xiaoxiang-1 (07) smallsats into sun-synchronous orbits. KX-09 is a microgravity experiment for the Chinese Academy of Sciences while Xiaoxiang-1 (07) will test air traffic control technology for Chinese firm Spacety. The launch was carried out by Expace, a commercial subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, a major contractor for the Chinese space program, and it the latest in a surge of small launch vehicle developments in China.
A small launch vehicle operated by the commercial arm of a Chinese company placed two satellites into orbit Friday. The Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 7:41 pm EDT (2341 GMT) and placed the KX-09 and Xiaoxiang-1 (07) smallsats into sun-synchronous orbits. KX-09 is a microgravity experiment for the Chinese Academy of Sciences while Xiaoxiang-1 (07) will test air traffic control technology for Chinese firm Spacety. The launch was carried out by Expace, a commercial subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, a major contractor for the Chinese space program, and it the latest in a surge of small launch vehicle developments in China.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Boeing says Starliner pad abort tets a success despite parachute anomaly
Posted: Sun, Nov 10 8:01 AM ET (1301 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Tuesday, November 12
SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Mega Constellation Satellites Into Orbit On Starlink-1 Mission
Forbes.com — 6:25 am ET (1125 GMT) SpaceX launches re-flown fairing for the first time and breaks a Falcon 9 booster re-use record
TechCrunch — 6:25 am ET (1125 GMT) SpaceX builds out satellite network with a milestone launch
Quartz — 6:22 am ET (1122 GMT) SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites while setting two rocket reuse records
CNBC — 6:21 am ET (1121 GMT) SpaceX Falcon 9 booster nails record fourth launch and landing during Starlink-1
Teslarati — 6:21 am ET (1121 GMT) |
