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China launches Long March 2C carrier rocket in N China - Xinhua | English.news.cn
Long March 2C launches Shijian(Practice)-9(A/B) tech demonstrator satellite duo
The Chinese have launched Shijian-9 mission on Sunday, involving a pair of technology demonstrator satellites A and B. The launch took place at 11:25 from the Taiyuan Satellite
Launch Center using a Long March 2C (Chang Zheng-2C/SMA) launch vehicle.
The two satellites were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) for the Chinese Commission of Science, and the Technology and Industry .
The mission will conduct on-orbit experiments for electric propulsion, testing the XIPS-20 xenon gas ion thruster system. It will also test high precision and high stability control systems, high efficient power supply and advanced thermal control technology. The satellites features also instruments for Earth observation.
Shijian means Practice and this series of satellites have previously been used with a variety of configurations and missions for scientific research and technological experiments.This was the 169th successful Chinese orbital launch, the 169th launch of a Chang Zheng launch vehicle, the 40th successful orbital launch from Taiyuan, the 14th successful orbital Chinese launch in 2012 and the fourth from Taiyuan this year.
The Long March 2C carrier rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the launch pad at the
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 14,
2012. Satellite A and Satellite B, which form Shijian (practice)-9 satellites, successfully
entered preset orbits on Sunday morning. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)
Long March 2C launches Shijian(Practice)-9(A/B) tech demonstrator satellite duo
The Chinese have launched Shijian-9 mission on Sunday, involving a pair of technology demonstrator satellites A and B. The launch took place at 11:25 from the Taiyuan Satellite
Launch Center using a Long March 2C (Chang Zheng-2C/SMA) launch vehicle.
The two satellites were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) for the Chinese Commission of Science, and the Technology and Industry .
The mission will conduct on-orbit experiments for electric propulsion, testing the XIPS-20 xenon gas ion thruster system. It will also test high precision and high stability control systems, high efficient power supply and advanced thermal control technology. The satellites features also instruments for Earth observation.
Shijian means Practice and this series of satellites have previously been used with a variety of configurations and missions for scientific research and technological experiments.This was the 169th successful Chinese orbital launch, the 169th launch of a Chang Zheng launch vehicle, the 40th successful orbital launch from Taiyuan, the 14th successful orbital Chinese launch in 2012 and the fourth from Taiyuan this year.
The Long March 2C carrier rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the launch pad at the
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 14,
2012. Satellite A and Satellite B, which form Shijian (practice)-9 satellites, successfully
entered preset orbits on Sunday morning. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)
