China News Service, Beijing, January 9th (Huang Guochang and Hu Xujie) In the early morning of January 9th, China used the Long March 7 carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Site to successfully launch the Shijian 23rd satellite.
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center where the launch site is located has achieved a "good start" for China Aerospace in 2023, making a good start for the annual space launch mission.
"The complete success of this mission also demonstrates that the Wenchang Space Launch Site has the year-round normal launch capability." Dong Chongqing, party secretary of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, said that the launch time is getting shorter and shorter, and the launch capability is getting stronger.
2022 will be a "full house", and 2023 will be a "good start".
The launch of Wentian, Mengtian experimental module and Tianzhou-4 and Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft have made important contributions to the comprehensive construction of China's space station. One arrow with 22 satellites has created the record for the largest number of satellites launched in China at a single time, and it has been implemented twice consecutively with an interval of one day. Launch... In the past 2022, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center achieved 22 consecutive space launch missions throughout the year, breaking the record of 21 successful launches created by the center in 2021.
It is reported that the follow-up Xichang Satellite Launch Center will also focus on expanding the construction content around the new generation of manned rocket launch stations and heavy rocket launch stations, and simultaneously carry out the construction of supporting systems to provide space for manned moon landing, deep space exploration, planetary exploration, space station, etc. Construction application and development, low-orbit Internet constellation networking, etc. provide strong support, and gradually realize the goal of building a world-class space launch site.
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