Long March 5B/YZ-2 | SatNet LEO Group 01
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Dec. 16, 2024, 10 a.m. - Dec. 16, 2024, 12:10 p.m.
Dec. 16, 2024, 10 a.m. - Dec. 16, 2024, 12:10 p.m.
A batch of 10 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.
Launch success.
Liftoff.
Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started
Tweaked approximate T-0.
NET December 16 per new NOTAMs.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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