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China successfully launches 6 new satellites

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 1 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

China successfully launches 6 new satellites

China sent six new satellites into space on Friday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province.

The Jilin-1 Kuanfu 02B 01-06 satellites were launched at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the preset orbit successfully.

The launch marks the 536th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. ■

The Jilin-1 Kuanfu 02B 01-06 satellites are launched aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and enter the preset orbit successfully from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, Sept. 20, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)

The Jilin-1 Kuanfu 02B 01-06 satellites are launched aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and enter the preset orbit successfully from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, Sept. 20, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)

The Jilin-1 Kuanfu 02B 01-06 satellites are launched aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and enter the preset orbit successfully from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, Sept. 20, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20240920/539f29155dcf41cd971636ad57326b96/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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