Sign up
Log in
George
China-Satellite Launch
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China - March 31, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Rocket blasting off
2. Control center
3. People at control center
4. Screen showing rocket flying
5. People at control center, big screen
6. Various of screen showing rocket flying, payload fairing being jettisoned
7. Various of people at control center
8. Screen showing solar panels being deployed
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of rocket parts being transported to launch pad
10. Various of rocket on launch pad
China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Sunday night.
The Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched at 23:51 Beijing Time by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
As the first satellite to constitute China's second-generation data relay satellite network, the Tianlian II-01 will provide data relay, measurement and control, transmission services for manned spacecraft, satellites, carrier rockets and other non-spacecraft users.
The Tianlian II network will be markedly more advanced in mission planning, system management and operations than the first-generation network composed of Tianlian I satellites.
The new network, with faster data transfer and higher multi-objective service capability, will play an important role in improving the transmission promptness, in-orbit security and mission flexibility for medium- and low-Earth orbiting satellites and manned spacecraft.
The satellite is developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The launch marks the 301st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
China-Satellite Launch
Dateline : March 31, 2019
Location : Sichuan,China
Duration : 1'28
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China - March 31, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Rocket blasting off
2. Control center
3. People at control center
4. Screen showing rocket flying
5. People at control center, big screen
6. Various of screen showing rocket flying, payload fairing being jettisoned
7. Various of people at control center
8. Screen showing solar panels being deployed
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of rocket parts being transported to launch pad
10. Various of rocket on launch pad
China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Sunday night.
The Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched at 23:51 Beijing Time by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
As the first satellite to constitute China's second-generation data relay satellite network, the Tianlian II-01 will provide data relay, measurement and control, transmission services for manned spacecraft, satellites, carrier rockets and other non-spacecraft users.
The Tianlian II network will be markedly more advanced in mission planning, system management and operations than the first-generation network composed of Tianlian I satellites.
The new network, with faster data transfer and higher multi-objective service capability, will play an important role in improving the transmission promptness, in-orbit security and mission flexibility for medium- and low-Earth orbiting satellites and manned spacecraft.
The satellite is developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The launch marks the 301st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
ID : 8107249
Published : 2019-04-01 09:26
Last Modified : 2019-04-01 18:22:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
More
