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Oct. 8, 2022
Long March-11 launch vehicle was launched from a sea platform
A Long March-11 launch vehicle launched the CentiSpace-1 S5/S6 satellites, from a sea-based platform in the Yellow Sea, on 7 October 2022, at 13:10 UTC (21:10 local time).
Long March-11 launches CentiSpace-1 S5/S6
According to official sources, the CentiSpace-1 S5/S6 test satellites (微厘空间 S5/S6, Weili-1 05/06, Kongjian Shiyan) have entered their planned orbits and “will be used to monitor the performance of the global navigation satellite system in real time, and carry out navigation augmentation and inter-satellite laser communication tests”.
Long March-11 carrying CentiSpace-1 S5/S6 liftoff
On 7 October 2022, at 13:10 UTC (21:10 local time), a Long March-11 launch vehicle was launched from a sea platform only three kilometres away from the shore. According to the designers of the launch vehicle, Long March-11 can now be regularly launched from the sea.
Long March-11’s first offshore launch
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