The April 2 launch saw China's Space Pioneer become the country's first private company to reach orbit.
The Chinese company Space Pioneer successfully launched its Tianlong-2 rocket into orbit early Sunday , making space exploration history in the process.
The 4:48 a.m. Beijing Time launch from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, represented the first time a liquid fueledhas been launched into orbit by a Chinese aerospace company, and also the first time a startup company successfully reached orbit on its first attempt. The Tianlong-2 rocket's name means"Sky Dragon-2," according to a translation.
Beyond making its mark on history, the rocket's builder Space Pioneer — also known as Beijing Tianbing Technology Co. — aimsed to launch a small satellite to a polar orbit around Earth that is in a"fixed" position relative toChinese company Space Pioneer launches the Tianlong-2 rocket into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on April 2, 2023.
From this sun-synchronous orbit the satellite, named Ai Taikong Kexue or"Love Space Science" and developed by Hunan Hangsheng Satellite Technology Co., Ltd, will test its"At 4:48:15 on April 2, 2023, the Tianlong-2 Yaoyi carrier rocket independently developed by our company ignited and took off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, and successfully sent the 'Love Space Science' remote sensing satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometers.
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