China launches medium-lift Long March-7A carrier rocket
Long March-7A Y2 carrier rocket lifts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's island province of Hainan on March 12, 2021.
China launched its Long March-7A Y2 carrier rocket on Friday from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's island province of Hainan.
The rocket blasted off at 1:51am (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending an experimental satellite into the planned orbit.
The satellite will be mainly used for in-orbit tests of new technologies including space environment monitoring.
A modified version of the Long March-7 rocket, the launch vehicle represents the new generation of China's medium-sized high-orbit rocket. It has a carrying capacity of at least 7 tons for the geosynchronous orbit.
This was the 362nd flight mission of the Long March rocket series.
