SIMIT sends a delegation to eyewitness the successful blast-off of the small satellite at Jiuquan on 5 Nov.
On Nov. 5, a rocket launched the Chuangxin-1(02), a small satellite manufactured by the Shanghai Engineering Center for MicroSatellite under the CAS Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), into the preset orbit.
As an experimental micro-satellite for data collection and transmission, the Chuangxin-1(02) will be used to in the fields of water conservancy, hydrology, meteorology, electric power and disaster reduction.
The success marks the opening of a new horizon for the technological development of mini-satellites in China, according to experts. |
