China launches new satellite for space environment survey
Time:2024-05-21 06:44:47 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
A Long March-4B carrier rocket carrying a satellite, the third of the Shiyan-6 series, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on April 9, 2021. China successfully sent the experiment satellite into planned orbit Friday. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)
TAIYUAN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent an experiment satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province Friday.
The satellite, the third of the Shiyan-6 series, was launched by a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 7:01 a.m. (Beijing Time).
It will be used to carry out space environment survey and experiments on related technologies.
Friday's launch was the 365th by the Long March rocket series. Enditem
Previous:Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
Next:Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership
You may also like
- 'Constantly learning' Imanaga off to impressive start with the Chicago Cubs
- Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan could struggle for bipartisan support, Democratic leader says
- Golden Knights goalie Adin Hill will start Game 5 against the Stars
- 30 people are injured when a trailer overturns in southwestern Germany
- Strictly star Giovanni Pernice's former partner Rose Ayling
- Tourists evacuated from Kenya’s Maasai Mara reserve amid flooding and heavy rains
- An Alabama Senate committee votes to reverse course, fund summer food program for low
- Edmunds: 2024 Kia Niro versus 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross
- Shohei Ohtani's first walk