South China Sea hosts first space launch mission
By ZHAO LEI |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2023-12-06 08:26
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Smart Dragon 3 is capable of sending multiple satellites with a total combined weight of 1.5 tons to a typical sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometers.
The new rocket is suitable for clients who wish to quickly launch large numbers of their satellites to establish space-based commercial networks as soon as possible, according to Jin Xin, the rocket's project manager.
Before the latest mission, China had performed six sea-based launches - four by the Long March 11 rocket, one by the Smart Dragon 3 and another one by the Ceres 1 rocket of the Beijing-based private company Galactic Energy. All of those took place in the Yellow Sea.
