The United States and Russia Pay Attention Together: China's Ceres-1 Rocket Launches Four Satellites from an Offshore Platform!
On May 202nd, both the U.S. Space News and RIA Novosti published articles simultaneously.
China Galaxy Energy launched a solid-fuel rocket from a ship at sea on May 19th.
The Ceres-1 rocket was launched in the East China Sea off the coast of Shandong Province, China.
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center coordinated the launch to send four TIANQI satellites into low Earth orbit.
The Ceres-1 is a four-stage launch vehicle that is 20 meters high, with each of the first three stages powered by a solid rocket engine, while the fourth stage is powered by a hydrazine liquid engine.
US media reported: This launch is the fifth maritime launch of the Ceres-1, but it is the 20th flight of this rocket. All have been successful except for one failure.
Russian news agency noted: The TIANQI 34-37 communication satellites have successfully achieved planned orbital parameters and will become part of the existing network of such spacecraft orbits.
The TIANQI constellation is China's first low-orbit satellite Internet of Things (IoT) constellation independently constructed and operated by Beijing Guodian Gaokexin Technology Co., Ltd. It is China's first narrowband IoT constellation system providing low-orbit satellite data communication services, consisting of 38 low-orbit small satellites. As of May 2024, 25 satellites are already in orbit and operational.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1832590803345420/
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