Commercial CERES-1 Y9 rocket sends new satellites to twilight orbit
STORY: Commercial CERES-1 Y9 rocket sends new satellites to twilight orbit
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 5, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:03
LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the rocket's launch
2. various of the rocket
STORYLINE:
China on Tuesday launched a CERES-1 Y9 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending two new satellites to their planned orbits.
The commercial rocket blasted off at 7:33 a.m. (Beijing Time).
The launch was the 11th flight mission to use the CERES-1 rocket series.
Developed by Beijing-based Galactic Energy, CERES-1 is a small-scale solid-propellant carrier rocket designed to send micro-satellites to low orbit.
The commercial rocket is 1.4 meters in diameter, and has a total length of about 20 meters and a takeoff weight of 33 tonnes. It can carry a payload of up to 300 kg to a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 km.
With the capacity to carry both a single satellite and multipl
- Product Code
- ILEA002060935
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- 2023/12/06 00:00:00
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