At 10:12 on April 3rd, China used the Long March 6 carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center to successfully launch the Tianping-3A Star 02 into space. The satellite smoothly entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.
The Tianping-3A Star 02 is mainly used for the calibration of ground radar equipment and the measurement of Radar Cross Section (RCS). It provides support for the imaging tests of ground optical equipment and the detection and monitoring tests of the low-orbit space environment. It also provides services for the measurement of the atmospheric space environment and the correction of orbit prediction models.
This mission is the 568th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets.
According to CCTV News, at 21:46 Eastern Time on March 31, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
China on Sunday sent a new communication test satellite into orbit from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province.
XICHANG, March 26 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday. The Tianlian II-04 satellite was launched at 23:55 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit.