The Horus 1 mission is a collaboration between China and Egypt.
China sent a secretive remote-sensing satellite named Horus 1 to orbit on Friday night as the country begins to ramp up its launch activity.2C rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 11:01 p.m. on Friday . Insulation tiles fell away from the rocket as it rose into the sky before carrying Horus 1 into orbit.
launch success within an hour of liftoff. The Horus 1 satellite is designed for remote sensing and was produced by CASC's China Academy of Space Technology. No further details were provided by CASC or Chinese state media.Insulation tiles fall from a Long March 2C rocket carrying the Horus 1 satellite as it rises from the launch pad at Jiuquan spaceport on Feb. 23, 2023.
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