Shijian 21
Long March 3B
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
Shijian 21
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $70,000,000
Chinese payload launching on trajectory consistent with geostationary transfer target orbit, official purpose declared as “validation of on orbit space debris reduction technologies”.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China
191 rockets have launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China.
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.
Well done we are all for orbital debris reduction , removal.
Nice launch CASC pity it was not telecast maybe next time .