{"id":14171,"date":"2017-11-21T18:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T10:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/three-video-imaging-satellites-launched-from-china\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T18:31:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T10:31:41","slug":"three-video-imaging-satellites-launched-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/three-video-imaging-satellites-launched-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Three video imaging satellites launched from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gYnScZ5TmKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit: New China TV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Long March 6 booster took off Tuesday from China with three Earth observation satellites designed to record high-definition video and color imagery from a perch more than 300 miles above the planet.<\/p>\n<p>The trio of commercial satellites launched from pad 16 at the Taiyuan space center in northeastern China\u2019s Shanxi province at 0450 GMT Tuesday (11:50 p.m. EST Monday). A three-stage Long March 6 rocket delivered the three spacecraft to a polar orbit around 335 miles (540 kilometers) above Earth, according to tracking data released by the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese state media declared the launch successful, giving the light-class Long March 6 rocket a two-for-two record since its inaugural flight in September 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The three Jilin Earth-imaging satellites launched Tuesday \u2014 named Jilin 1-04, Jilin 1-05 and Jilin 1-06 \u2014 are owned by&nbsp;Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. Ltd., a commercial spinoff of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The company has built and launched eight satellites, including six in the Jilin 1 video imaging constellation. It aims to have 60 satellites in orbit by 2020, providing global coverage and capturing a view of any location in the world as often as every 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Chang Guang\u2019s current customers are largely in the Chinese government and military sector, but officials hope to branch out to corporate and mass market clients, according to a report in January published by the state-run China Daily newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of three new satellites with Tuesday\u2019s launch is expected to reduce the Jilin network\u2019s revisit time from three days to one day, China Daily reported.<\/p>\n<p>The 95-foot-tall (29-meter) Long March 6 rocket is one of three new Long March-series satellite launchers debuted since 2015. The Long March 6 is a lightweight rocket, capable of hauling up to 1,100 pounds \u2014 500 kilograms \u2014 of payload into a sun-synchronous orbit a few hundred miles in altitude, a popular destination for many Earth observation satellites, according to China Daily.<\/p>\n<p>The Long March 6\u2019s first stage is powered by a kerosene-fueled YF-100 main engine, a staged combustion powerplant Chinese engineers have worked on since 2000. The engine generates approximately 120 metric tons, or 264,000 pounds, of thrust. A YF-115 engine provides propulsion for the Long March 6 second stage.<\/p>\n<p>The YF-100 and YF-115 engines are the same new-generation powerplants used on China\u2019s bigger Long March 5 and Long March 7 rockets.<\/p>\n<p>Liquid-fueled thrusters on the Long March 6\u2019s third stage guided the Jilin satellites into their near-circular orbit for deployment.<\/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>Credit: New China TV A Long March 6 booster took off Tuesday from China with three Earth observation satellites designed to record high-definition video and color imagery from a perch more than 300 miles above the planet. 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