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18 stars with one stone! The Chang-6 rocket successfully launched the Qianfan Polar Orbit 02 group of satellites

At 19:06 on October 15, the Long March-6 modified carrier rocket ignited and took off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully launched the Qianfan Polar Orbit 02 group of satellites into the scheduled orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.

18 stars with one stone! The Chang-6 rocket successfully launched the Qianfan Polar Orbit 02 group of satellites

Ignition lifted off (photo by Zheng Fufu)

The Chang-6 rocket is a new generation of non-toxic and non-polluting carrier rocket, and is also the first solid-liquid bundled medium-sized carrier rocket in the mainland, with a sun-synchronous orbit carrying capacity of more than 4.5 tons at an altitude of 700 kilometers.

18 stars with one stone! The Chang-6 rocket successfully launched the Qianfan Polar Orbit 02 group of satellites

Rocket hoisting (photo by Wu Jingbo)

Since its first flight in 2022, the Chang-6 rocket has continued to optimize the deployment of approach personnel and the recovery of ground equipment, further shortening the launch interval to meet the needs of intensive launches in the future. This mission is the first time that the full-time launch vehicle testing and launching team of the Eighth Academy of Sciences has independently undertaken the testing and launching work of the Changliu rocket launch site.

18 stars with one stone! The Chang-6 rocket successfully launched the Qianfan Polar Orbit 02 group of satellites

Star cover combination transfer (photo by Wu Jingbo)

In this mission, the Chang-6 rocket continued to use a stacked layout to carry out the 18-star launch mission. The launch of the Qianfan Polar Orbit 02 group of satellites was provided by the Great Wall Company of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group as the general contractor.

18 stars with one stone! The Chang-6 rocket successfully launched the Qianfan Polar Orbit 02 group of satellites

Ready to go (photo by Wu Jingbo)

This launch is the 539th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles.

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