A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying Macao's first space exploration satellite, Macao Science 1, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)
Macao Science 1 is the first space science satellite program jointly developed by the Chinese mainland and Macao. The project is also the first scientific exploration satellite placed in a near-equatorial orbit to monitor the geomagnetic field and the space environment.
It was the 474th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying Macao's first space exploration satellite, Macao Science 1, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying Macao's first space exploration satellite, Macao Science 1, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Heng)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying Macao's first space exploration satellite, Macao Science 1, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying Macao's first space exploration satellite, Macao Science 1, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Heng)