China launches new carrier rocket
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A TL-2 Y1 rocket, carrying a satellite which will be used in remote sensing imaging experiments and other technical verifications, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on April 2, 2023.
A new carrier rocket made its maiden flight in China on Sunday, sending a satellite into its planned orbit.
The rocket is known as TL-2 Y1 and blasted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:48 p.m. (Beijing Time). (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)
JIUQUAN, April 2 (Xinhua) -- A new carrier rocket made its maiden flight in China on Sunday, sending a satellite into its planned orbit.
The rocket is known as TL-2 Y1 and blasted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:48 p.m. (Beijing Time).
The flight will verify the overall program of the rocket and the coordination between the systems and obtain the parameters of the flight environment.
The satellite will be used in remote sensing imaging experiments and other technical verifications. ■
A TL-2 Y1 rocket, carrying a satellite which will be used in remote sensing imaging experiments and other technical verifications, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on April 2, 2023.
A new carrier rocket made its maiden flight in China on Sunday, sending a satellite into its planned orbit.
The rocket is known as TL-2 Y1 and blasted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:48 p.m. (Beijing Time). (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A TL-2 Y1 rocket, carrying a satellite which will be used in remote sensing imaging experiments and other technical verifications, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on April 2, 2023.
A new carrier rocket made its maiden flight in China on Sunday, sending a satellite into its planned orbit.
The rocket is known as TL-2 Y1 and blasted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:48 p.m. (Beijing Time). (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)
A TL-2 Y1 rocket, carrying a satellite which will be used in remote sensing imaging experiments and other technical verifications, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on April 2, 2023.
A new carrier rocket made its maiden flight in China on Sunday, sending a satellite into its planned orbit.
The rocket is known as TL-2 Y1 and blasted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:48 p.m. (Beijing Time). (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
