A Chinese commercial space launch company is continuing its success with small solid rockets ahead of a more ambitious launch later this year.
The Ceres-1 four-stage solid-propellant rocket touched down in the Gobi Desert in northwestern China at 5:11 a.m. ET on January 20 (10:11 a.m. local time, 8:11 p.m. local time). It took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Galactic Energy, Ceres-1 manufacturer and operator. name Five satellites were successfully inserted into their pre-planned orbits.
On board the plane were four Yunyao-1 commercial weather stations. satellite (Satellite 37-40) and Sichuan-based K-Space Aerospace Technology’s Jitianxing A-05 satellite. The Yunyao-1 satellite has a GNSS occultation (GNSS-RO) payload that identifies meteorological data by detecting signal changes such as: GPS And the Beidou satellite passes through the atmosphere. The Jitianxing A-05 satellite carries a hyperspectral camera to capture remote sensing images. earth.
Galactic Energy is one of the early success stories in China’s commercial space sector, with a launch record of 17 launch attempts and 16 successes.
