China's space game just leveled up! 🚀 Early Wednesday morning, the Chinese mainland launched a brand-new remote sensing satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. Say hello to Yaogan-42 01! 👋
At 6:56 a.m. Beijing Time, the mighty Long March-2D rocket blasted off, painting the sky with its fiery trail. This two-stage liquid-propellant beast has a liftoff thrust of 300 tonnes! That's like lifting 50 elephants into space! 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘
The Long March-2D isn’t just any rocket. It's designed to carry single or multiple satellites into various orbits from China's three major launch centers: Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang. With its superpowers, it can deliver 1.3-tonne payloads to a sun-synchronous orbit 700 kilometers above Earth. Talk about a high flyer! 🌏✨
This launch marks the 515th mission for the Long March carrier rocket series. Yep, they've been busy! 🔥
Why does this matter? Well, remote sensing satellites like Yaogan-42 01 are crucial for things like environmental monitoring, urban planning, and disaster relief. They help us keep an eye on our planet, and that's pretty cool! 🌍💚
Stay tuned, space fans! The sky isn't the limit anymore. It's just the beginning! 🚀✨
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
