China News Agency, Beijing, January 9th. At 13:04 on January 9th, Beijing time, the Ceres-1 Yaowu carrier rocket carried five satellites and successfully launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. In 2023, China’s commercial aerospace launch was a success.
Ceres-1 launch vehicle is a commercial launch vehicle independently developed by Galaxy Power Space Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Galaxy Power).
This mission is the fifth consecutive successful launch of the Ceres-1 commercial rocket.
So far, Galaxy Power has completed 5 launch missions and completed the orbital launch of 19 commercial satellites, setting a new record for China's private commercial rocket launch and delivery.
It is understood that in 2023, Galaxy Power plans to complete 8 to 10 launch deliveries of the "Ceres" series of launch vehicles, while steadily advancing the first flight of the "Pallas" series of liquid reusable launch vehicles.
This time, the Ceres-1 Yao-5 carrier rocket carried five satellites, namely the Science and Technology No. 1 satellite, which are mainly used to perform earth observation missions; the meteorological constellation 01 and 02 stars of Tianmu-1 are used to monitor the global ocean, atmosphere and ionosphere. The 13 satellites of the Apocalypse Constellation are used to provide data collection services on a global scale, effectively solving the problem of Internet of Things network access in sea, air and remote areas that cannot be covered by ground networks; To carry out aerospace science popularization projects.
It is worth mentioning that this launch mission is also equipped with the main visual of Zhang Yimou's new Spring Festival film "Manjianghong". .
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