KL-Beta
Long March 6
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
KL-Beta
Type: Communications
The KL-Beta A and B, satellites are test satellites for a global multimedia satellite system for the German company KLEO Connect and the Chinese company Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology.
The satellites were built by CAS Microspace and feature a Ka-band communications payload.
The prototype system also includes another satellite “GMS-T” built by OHB System of Germany.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Complex 16
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China
124 rockets have launched from Taiyuan 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.
