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By 2025, there will be 138 such Chinese spacecraft in orbit that form a single n...

Only one rocket launcher: China has broken their own record for launching satellites

By 2025, there will be 138 such Chinese spacecraft in orbit that form a single network. China on Thursday, June 15, successfully led into orbit 41 Small Satellite, including Jilin-1, breaking the national record for one-time output into orbit of such a number of spacecraft. This was reported by the Chinese Corporation of Aerospace Science and Technology, writes the State Media "Sinhua".

The launch was made with the help of the CZ-2D rocket at 1:30 pm from the Beijing time from the Taiuan Space Sports in the north of the country. He became the 476th for carriers of this series. Zilin-1-optical remote sensing satellites intended for commercial use. According to the official plan of the PRC, there will be 138 similar spacecraft that form a single network. On June 9, Focus wrote that a group of special satellites was launched into space: they would follow Russia and China.