A Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the Tianping-3 blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2024. The satellite was launched at 8:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)
China on Tuesday sent a new satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
The satellite, Tianping-3, was launched at 8:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) using a Long March-6 carrier rocket, and has successfully entered its preset orbit.
It will provide services such as atmospheric space environment surveys and orbital prediction model corrections. -
A Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the Tianping-3 blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2024.
The satellite was launched at 8:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)
A Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the Tianping-3 blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2024.
The satellite was launched at 8:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)
A Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the Tianping-3 blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2024.
The satellite was launched at 8:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)
