Shanghai's "Gold Medal Rocket" has successfully completed an important launch, its 101st mission to orbit | Launch | Shanghai
At 1:45 am today, the Long March 4C carrier rocket ignited and took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, successfully sending the Gaofen-1204 satellite into its designated orbit. The launch was a complete success, and both the satellite and rocket were developed by the Shanghai Aerospace Technology Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
This launch marks the 101st launch of the Chang-4 series rocket. With outstanding performance and achievements, the Chang-4 series rocket has undertaken the launch tasks of most of China's sun synchronous orbit satellites. It has won honors such as the National Science and Technology Progress Special Award, the National Defense Science and Technology First Prize, the National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize, and the National Defense Science and Technology Second Prize, making it a truly "gold medal rocket".
The Long 4C rocket carrying out this mission is a room temperature liquid third stage carrier rocket with the ability to launch various types of satellites with different orbital requirements. It can perform multiple satellite launches with one rocket, and its sun synchronous orbit carrying capacity can reach 3 tons at an altitude of 700 kilometers.
Embarking on a new journey of 100 launches, the model team has completed detailed and in-depth technical briefings with the launch site, as well as multiple special reviews of ground measurement and control systems, power systems, and ground mechanical equipment; The organization has completed the quality confirmation and process control of the entire process of the launch site work, anticipated and deduced the work of key nodes, and coordinated the interpretation and review of key test data, ensuring the successful completion of the rocket launch mission.
Gaofen-12 04 satellite is a microwave remote sensing satellite arranged by the National Science and Technology Major Project of the High Resolution Earth Observation System. It is mainly used in fields such as national land census, urban planning, land rights confirmation, road network design, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and reduction.
This mission is the 484th launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets.
