ALongMarch-5Y7carrierrocketcarryingacommunicationtechnologyexperimentsatelliteblastsofffromtheWenchangSpacecraftLaunchSiteinSouthChina'sHainanprovince,Feb23,2024.ChinasuccessfullysentacommunicationtechnologyexperimentsatelliteintospacefromtheWenchangSpacecraftLaunchSiteonthesouthernislandprovinceofHainanonFriday.Thesatellitewaslaunchedat7:30pm(BeijingTime)byaLongMarch-5Y7carrierrocketandenteredtheplannedorbitsuccessfully.ChinalaunchedaLongMarch5carrierrocketonFridayeveningtodeployanexperimentalsatelliteintospace,accordingtotheState-ownedconglomerateChinaAerospaceScienceandTechnologyCorp,thenation'sdominantspacecontractor.Thecompanysaidinanewsreleasethattherocketlaunchedat7:30pmfromacoastalservicetowerintheWenchangSpaceLaunchCenterinHainanprovinceandsoonplacedthesatellite,namedCommunicationTechnologyDemonstrator11,initsintendedorbit.TherocketwasmadebytheChinaAcademyofLaunchVehicleTechnology,asubsidiaryofthecompany,andwasthe11thintheLongMarch5series.ThesatellitewasbuiltbytheChinaAcademyofSpaceTechnology,anotherCASCsubsidiary,andistaskedwithverifyingmulti-band,high-speedspace-basedcommunicationtechnologies,accordingtotherelease.ThemissionwasChina'sninthrocketlaunchthisyearandthe509thflightoftheLongMarchrocketfamily,thenation'smainlaunchvehiclefleet.LouLuliang,deputychiefdesigneroftheLongMarch5,saidthattherocketmodelisscheduledtocarryoutfourtofivelaunchesthisyear.Thenextmission,hesaid,willbeusedtodeploythecountry'sChang'e6roboticprobetothefarsideofthemoontobringsamplesbacktoEarth.Withmorethan750metrictonsofpropellants,eachLongMarch5hasaliftoffweightof877tons,andapayloadcapacitybiggerthananyotherChineserocket.Asoneoftheworld'smostpowerfuloperationalrockets,thecolossalcraftiscapableofferryingspacecraftweighingupto25tons–thecombinedweightof16mid-sizecars–toalow-Earthorbit,or14tonstoageosynchronoustransferorbit.Moreover,itcantransportaneight-tonprobetotheEarth-moontransferorbitorafive-tonprobetotheEarth-Marstransferorbit.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.