A Long March-3C carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 6, 2021. China successfully launched Tianlian I-05, a new relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 11:53 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time). It was sent into orbit by a Long March-3C carrier rocket. (Photo by China News Service/ Guo Wenbin)
The launch of Tianlian I-05 also marks the closure of China's first-generation data relay satellite series mission. China now becomes the second country that owns the relay satellite system with global-covering ability in the world.
A Long March-3C carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 6, 2021. China successfully launched Tianlian I-05, a new relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 11:53 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time). It was sent into orbit by a Long March-3C carrier rocket. (Photo by China News Service/ Yang Xi)
The launch of Tianlian I-05 also marks the closure of China's first-generation data relay satellite series mission. China now becomes the second country that owns the relay satellite system with global-covering ability in the world.
