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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsLong March 7A
Launched 2023-01-08 22:00 UTC201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
2nd
orbital launch attempt in 2023
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
1st
launch this year
201
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
57 d 19 h
since the pad's previous launch
Shijian 23 is possibly an experimental Chinese High-throughput communication satellite based on the DFH-4E satellite bus; details TBD.
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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