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RSW-04 - 06

Long March 2C / YZ-1S

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Launch Status
Success

Mission

RSW-04 – 06

Type: Communications

“Ronghe Shiyan Weixing” (RSW) = “Integrated Experimental Satellite” are test satellites that will be used to develop a state-owned Chinese low-earth orbit constellation, Xingwang, consisting of several thousand satellites.

Trajectory

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Location

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)

Jiuquan, People’s Republic of China

187 rockets have launched from Jiuquan, People’s Republic of China.

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan, People's Republic of China

Rocket

Long March 2C/YZ-1S – China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

  • Family: Long March 2
  • Length: 42 m
  • Diameter: 3.35 m
  • Launch Mass: 233 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 3850 kg

The Long March 2C/YZ-1S was manufactured by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation with the first launch on 2018-10-09. Long March 2C/YZ-1S has 4 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 4 launches. The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.

Agency

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation – CASC

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: CASC
  • Administration: Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei
  • Founded: 1999
  • Launchers: Long March
  • Country: CHN

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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Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
10 months ago

All the best and to bad we cannot see the launch.?