{"id":12628,"date":"2020-02-19T17:19:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T09:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/china-launches-four-technology-experiment-satellites\/"},"modified":"2020-02-19T17:19:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T09:19:43","slug":"china-launches-four-technology-experiment-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/china-launches-four-technology-experiment-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches four \u2018technology experiment satellites\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43755\" style=\"width: 899px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43755\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/138799871_15821623078261n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/138799871_15821623078261n.jpg 899w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/138799871_15821623078261n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/138799871_15821623078261n-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/138799871_15821623078261n-678x453.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Chinese Long March 2D rocket lifted off Wednesday with four technology experiment satellites, according to Chinese state media. Credit: Xinhua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Chinese Long March 2D rocket carried four \u201ctechnology experiment satellites\u201d into orbit Wednesday from the Xichang space center in southwestern China, according to the country\u2019s state-run media.<\/p>\n<p>Few details about the satellites were disclosed by China\u2019s government-owned media. The country\u2019s Xinhua news agency said the satellites will be mainly used to test \u201cnew Earth-observation technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-stage Long March 2D launcher lifted off from the Xichang space base in southwestern China\u2019s Sichuan province at 2107 GMT (4:07 p.m. EST) Wednesday, according to Xinhua.&nbsp;The launch occurred at 5:07 a.m. Thursday Beijing time.<\/p>\n<p>The four satellites \u2014 designated XJS C, D, E and F \u2014 separated from the Long March 2D rocket in their planned orbit, state media said. The satellites were expected to be deployed into low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the four satellites were developed by the&nbsp;Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a division of the government-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The other two spacecraft were developed by the&nbsp;Harbin Institute of Technology and the DFH Satellite Co. Ltd., according to Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the XJS satellites marked the first flight of a Long March 2D rocket from the Xichang space center. Xichang previously hosted flights of the Long March 2C rocket variant, along with launches of the Long March 3 family of rockets.<\/p>\n<p>Past Long March 2D rocket missions have lifted off the Chinese spaceports at Jiuquan and Taiyuan.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s mission was the fourth Chinese orbital launch of 2020, and the 14th space launch to successfully reach orbit worldwide so far this year.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese Long March 2D rocket lifted off Wednesday with four technology experiment satellites, according to Chinese state media. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Long March 2D rocket carried four \u201ctechnology experiment satellites\u201d into orbit Wednesday from the Xichang space center in southwestern China, according to the country\u2019s state-run media. 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