A modified version of the Long March-6 carrier rocket with solid strap-on boosters made its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending two satellites into planned orbit. The rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province at 5:50 p.m.
北京時(shí)間3月29日17時(shí)50分,我國在太原衛(wèi)星發(fā)射中心成功發(fā)射長征六號改運(yùn)載火箭,順利將兩顆衛(wèi)星送入預(yù)定軌道。
The modified rocket is China's first type of carrier rocket equipped with solid strap-on boosters. It uses non-toxic and non-polluting propellants and can send satellites to the sun-synchronous orbit.
長征六號改運(yùn)載火箭是長征六號火箭的改進(jìn)型,是我國新一代無毒無污染運(yùn)載火箭,也是我國首型固體捆綁運(yùn)載火箭,用于發(fā)射太陽同步軌道衛(wèi)星。
It was the 412th mission of the Long March rocket series.
這次任務(wù)是長征系列運(yùn)載火箭的第412次飛行。