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China launched the Tianxing-1 satellite to explore near-Earth space

kuaizhou 1A tianxing 1 jiuquan 22june2022 Ourspace CNSA JPGChina on Wednesday successfully launched an experimental satellite Tianxing-1 for the study of near-Earth space.

This was reported by China Central Television.
According to him, the launch took place at 10:08 local time (05:08 Moscow time) using the Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle from the Jiuquan cosmodrome (Gansu Province).
As indicated in the message, the satellite entered the specified orbit, the launch was considered successful.
Kuaizhou-1 (translated from Chinese as "Fast Boat") is a Chinese light-class launch vehicle designed to launch small satellites. Initially, the rocket was launched in the Kuaizhou-1 (KZ-1) version, then its improved modification Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) was used.