China launches CERES-1 Y4 commercial rocket with five satellites

2022-November-17 13:36 By: Xinhua

A CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket carrying five Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday launched a CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket placing a commercial satellite group in space.

The rocket blasted off at 2:20 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending five Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites into the planned orbit.

The payloads lifted by the rocket will be used to provide commercial remote sensing services.

Developed by the Beijing-based rocket maker Galactic Energy, the CERES-1 is a small-scale solid-propellant carrier rocket capable of sending micro-satellites into low-Earth orbit.

This was the 4th flight mission of the CERES-1 rocket series, the launch center said.

A CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket carrying five Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket carrying five Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket carrying five Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket carrying five Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A CERES-1 Y4 carrier rocket carrying five Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

Editor: WJH
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