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March 6, 2022
Long March-2C liftoff
A Long March-2C launch vehicle launched seven satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on 5 March 2022, at 06:01 UTC (14:01 local time). According to official sources, the satellites have entered the planned orbits.
Long March-2C launches seven satellites
The six Yinhe satellites (Yinhe-02) are part of an experimental communication network called “Mini Spider Constellation” (小蜘蛛网), developed by GalaxySpace (银河航天) to verify broadband Internet technologies. The seventh spacecraft is a remote sensing 6U cubesat named “XingYuan” (星愿).
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Image, Video, Text, Credits: China Media Group(CMG)/China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)/GalaxySpace/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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