Chinese aerospace companies are fast Return to flight status After the Long March 7A launch vehicle accident occurred a week ago. There was barely any pause. On August 16, China conducted two launches in less than 24 hours: the Long March 12 rocket was launched from the Wenchang Commercial Launch Center in Hainan Province, and the two-stage Long March 2C rocket was launched from the Taiyuan Launch Center in Shanxi Province on August 17. Both launches were successful.
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On August 11, a Long March 7A carrier rocket exploded in midair 80 seconds after takeoff, potentially delaying the Chang’e 7 mission, a key part of China’s lunar exploration program. As part of the mission, the lunar module had to deliver a space station, a lunar rover and a reconnaissance vehicle to the satellite to search for traces of water on the moon. It is understood that the Chang’e-7 launch mission will proceed as scheduled this Sunday – August 23. The accident with the Long March 7A carrier rocket did not cause a launch delay.
Returning to the two new launches, we add that the Long March 12 rocket launched another set of 24 satellites of the Chinese Satellite Network System into a given low-Earth orbit. The Long March 2C carrier rocket launched a remote sensing satellite developed by the National Center for Space Science and Technology at the UAE University into a predetermined orbit. One of the purposes of the device is to obtain data for environmental research, natural resource management and sustainability issues. This is the 664th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles.
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