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Dec 9, 2022
The first launch of the Smart Dragon-3 launch vehicle
For its first launch, a Smart Dragon-3 launch vehicle successfully launched 14 satellites from a sea-based platform in the Yellow Sea, coordinated by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, China, on 9 December 2022, at 06:35 UTC (14:35 local time).
Smart Dragon-3 maiden launch (Jielong-3)
Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3, also known as Lightning Dragon No. 3, Jielong-3, (捷龙三号) is a new solid-propellant rocket developed by the China Rocket Co. Ltd., affiliated to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT).
Smart Dragon-3 or Lightning Dragon No. 3, Jielong-3, (捷龙三号)
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Images, Video, Text, Credits: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT)/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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