26 satellites in one rocket! Lijian-1 Yao-2 carrier rocket successfully launched

At 12:10 Beijing time on June 7, 2023, the Lijian-1 Yao-2 carrier rocket was successfully launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, using the "one rocket 26 satellites" method to successfully send the test satellites on board into the predetermined orbit. This batch of satellites is mainly used for technical verification tests and commercial remote sensing information services.

Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Sun Haiying)

This mission is the second flight of the Lijian-1 carrier rocket. As my country's largest solid-fuel carrier rocket, its consecutive successes mark the maturity of the Lijian-1 carrier rocket's technology and the continuous improvement of its reliability, which will accelerate the pace of my country's commercial carrier rocket flight launches.

The Lijian-1 Yao-2 carrier rocket successfully launched 26 satellites in one rocket, setting a new record for my country's multiple satellites launched in one rocket.

Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Sun Haiying)

Lijian-1 is currently my country's largest solid-fuel carrier rocket, with a takeoff weight of 135 tons, a takeoff thrust of 200 tons, a total length of 30 meters, a core stage diameter of 2.65 meters, and a carrying capacity of 1,500 kilograms to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit. On July 27, 2022, the first flight mission of the Lijian-1 carrier rocket was a complete success, breaking through 6 major key technologies and 13 technologies used for the first time in China, enriching my country's solid-fuel carrier rocket launch capability spectrum, and making important contributions to the technological transformation of my country's carrier rocket field.

Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Wang Heng)

It is reported that the Lijian-1 Yao-2 carrier rocket that carried out this mission was one of the first rockets produced in Nansha, Guangzhou. It adopts an advanced pulsating production mode and has formed a complete production and manufacturing service system, marking the official entry into a new stage of mass production, large-scale operation, and serial development. It provides high-quality, low-cost, fast-response customized launch services for domestic and foreign satellite users, and further promotes a new chapter in the flight launch of my country's commercial carrier rockets.

Comprehensive sources: Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Online, Our Space, etc.