According to her, the launch was carried out at 10:31 Beijing time (05:31 Moscow time) from a platform mounted on a special barge in the Yellow Sea near the coast of the eastern province of Shandong. The project is being implemented jointly with the Taiyuan Space Launch Center.
Among the launched satellites are Tianyi-41 (Tianyi-41), three satellites of the Xing Shidai grouping (Xing Shidai), Emposat-2-05 (Emposat-2-05), Fudan-1 (Fudan-1), Tianyan-15 (Tianyan-15") and Jitianxing-A-01 ("Jitianxing-A-01").
The Jielong-3 is a four-stage solid-fuel rocket, reaching 31 m in length, with a head fairing diameter of 3.35 m. It is capable of delivering up to 1.5 tons of payload to low Earth orbit. For carriers of the specified type, used since 2022, this is the fourth mission.
Beijing is actively developing the national space program, developing meteorological, telecommunications and navigation satellites and technologies designed to explore the Moon. With the support of the state, Chinese specialists are implementing asteroid and Mars exploration projects. There is a Chinese space station in orbit, which is ready for international cooperation. In 2023, China carried out 67 launches, and in 2024 their number is planned to increase to about 100, reports tass.ru.
