CASC - Long March 5 / Shijian 20 Mission patch.
Dec. 27, 2019
Long March-5 Y3 liftoff
The Long March-5 Y3 launch vehicle was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Province, China, on 27 December 2019, at 12:46 UTC (20:46 local time).
Long March-5 Y3 launch
This was the third launch of the Long March-5 rocket, China’s largest launch vehicle. The payload is Shijian 20, an experimental geostationary communications satellite.
Shijian 20 communications satellite
A Chinese Long March 5 rocket launches the Shijian 20 communications satellite. Shijian 20 is the first spacecraft based on the new DFH-5 communications satellite platform, a heavier, higher-power next-generation design, replacing the Shijian 18 satellite lost on a launch failure in 2017.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC): http://english.spacechina.com/n16421/index.html
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