Source: Learning Xi Regiment • Chinese Military Trumpet
The mainland successfully launched 57 and 58 Beidou navigation satellites
Xichang, December 26, 2023 (Hu Xujie, reporter Wang Lingshuo) At 11:26 on December 26, 2023, the mainland successfully launched the 57th and 58th Beidou navigation satellites at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center with the Long March-3B carrier rocket and the upper stage of Yuanzheng-1. This group of satellites is a medium-circle earth orbit satellite, which is the first group of MEO satellites launched after the completion and opening of the Beidou-3 global satellite navigation system on the mainland.
Compared with the previous MEO networking satellites, the functional performance of this group of satellites has been further upgraded in terms of global short message communication capacity, spaceborne atomic clock technology, payload intelligence, etc., and will further improve the reliability and service performance of the Beidou system after being connected to the network, which is of great significance to support the stable operation and large-scale application of the system, and lay the foundation for the design of the next generation of Beidou satellites.
The Beidou navigation satellite and the supporting carrier rocket were developed by the China Academy of Space Technology and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, which are affiliated to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This is the 504th flight of the Long March family of launch vehicles.
Photography丨Qiu Lijun
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