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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsLong March 6
Launched 2021-08-04 11:01 UTCLaunch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Worldwide
74th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
25th
launch this year
Launch Complex 16
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
25 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
The KL-Beta A and B, satellites are test satellites for a global multimedia satellite system for the German company KLEO Connect and the Chinese company Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology.
The satellites were built by CAS Microspace and feature a Ka-band communications payload.
The prototype system also includes another satellite “GMS-T” built by OHB System of Germany.
Launch Provider
Government · China · Founded 1999 · Chairman & President Lei Fanpei
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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Diameter
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