Maiden flight of China's Long March 6A carrier rocket
Updated: March 30, 2022 10:17english.www.gov.cn/Xinhua
A Long March 6A carrier rocket blasts off at 5:50 pm on March 29 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province before placing the Pujiang 2 and the Tiankun 2 satellites into planned orbits. The modified rocket is China's first carrier rocket equipped with solid strap-on boosters. It uses non-toxic and non-polluting propellants and can send satellites to the sun-synchronous orbit. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March 6A carrier rocket blasts off at 5:50 pm on March 29 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province before placing the Pujiang 2 and the Tiankun 2 satellites into planned orbits. The modified rocket is China's first carrier rocket equipped with solid strap-on boosters. It uses non-toxic and non-polluting propellants and can send satellites to the sun-synchronous orbit. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March 6A carrier rocket blasts off at 5:50 pm on March 29 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province before placing the Pujiang 2 and the Tiankun 2 satellites into planned orbits. The modified rocket is China's first carrier rocket equipped with solid strap-on boosters. It uses non-toxic and non-polluting propellants and can send satellites to the sun-synchronous orbit. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March 6A carrier rocket blasts off at 5:50 pm on March 29 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province before placing the Pujiang 2 and the Tiankun 2 satellites into planned orbits. The modified rocket is China's first carrier rocket equipped with solid strap-on boosters. It uses non-toxic and non-polluting propellants and can send satellites to the sun-synchronous orbit. [Photo/Xinhua]