Long March 6 lofts ten Argentinian satellites
written by Rui C. Barbosa November 6, 2020
China has launched the first dedicated mission to orbit ten satellites for the Aleph-1 Argentinian Earth observation satellites. Launch took place at 03:19 UTC on Friday, 6 November 2020.
The satellites were orbited by the Long March-6 (Y3) Chang Zheng-6 rocket from the LC-16 launch complex of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
Originally scheduled for 20 October, the launch was delayed due to rescheduling events at the launch site.
The Aleph-1 satellites
The new satellites orbited today are part of the Aleph-1 constellation that is being developed and operated by Satellogic S.A. and will ultimately consist of up to 25 satellites.
The satellites are almost identical to each other and have a mass of 37 kg each, with dimensions of 450mm x 450mm x 800mm. The missions primary objective is to commercially provide earth observation images to the general public in the visible and infrared parts of the spectrum.
More:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/long-march-6-lofts-ten-argentinian-satellites/
Hooray!