{"id":105876,"date":"2020-12-24T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T10:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=105876"},"modified":"2020-12-24T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T10:56:27","slug":"china-has-launched-five-satellites-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/china-has-launched-five-satellites-successfully\/","title":{"rendered":"China has launched five satellites successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: On 22 December 2020, China launched five satellites using its new rocket in its Long March series, named as-<br><\/strong>a) Long March-3<br>b) Long March-5<br>c) Long March-8<br>d) Long March-7<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 22 December 2020; China has launched five satellites successfully into planned orbit.<\/li><li>It used the first Long March 8 rocket , kicking off a line of boosters that will eventually be reusable and make upright landings.<\/li><li>These boosters being developed by the China are similar to SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy.<\/li><li>It wasn&#8217;t clear if this first rocket was reusable, according to Reuters, but China has disclosed plans to reuse Long March 8 boosters in the coming years.<\/li><li>The rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China&#8217;s Hainan province.<\/li><li>The rocket successfully flew five test satellites into orbit, and used environmentally friendly liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuels for the launch.<\/li><li>The five experimental satellites will carry out the in-orbit verification of microwave imaging and other technologies.<\/li><li>They will conduct experiments in space science, remote sensing and communication technologies, official media reported.<\/li><li>The Long March 8 rocket is designed for the international commercial space launch market.<\/li><li>Long March 8 is expected to fill a gap in launch capabilities for low- and medium-orbit satellites.<\/li><li>It has been informed that with a recyclable design a future variant of Long March 8 can be reusable and thereby significantly reduce costs.<\/li><li>According to a report this kind of reusable boosters will shorten the launch cycle and hope is to turn around a booster for another launch within 10 days.<\/li><li>The new two-stage rocket uses two side boosters, with its main stages based on the designs of other Chinese rockets.<\/li><li>The first stage is based on the Long March 7 and the second stage is based on the Long March 3.<\/li><li>The Long March 8, however, fills a gap in Chinese capabilities by sending satellites either to geosynchronous orbits or to sun-synchronous orbits, depending on the mission needs.<\/li><li>It should be known that geosynchronous satellite allows for gazing consistently at one area of Earth and the Sun Synchronous satellite allows for consistent lighting conditions for imaging.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/china-launches-long-march-8-rocket-maiden-flight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.space.com\/china-launches-long-march-8-rocket-maiden-flight<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/world-news\/chinas-new-space-carrier-rocket-successfully-launches-five-satellites-on-its-maiden-flight\/articleshow\/79861246.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/world-news\/chinas-new-space-carrier-rocket-successfully-launches-five-satellites-on-its-maiden-flight\/articleshow\/79861246.cms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: On 22 December 2020, China launched five satellites using its new rocket in its Long March series, named as-a) Long March-3b) Long March-5c) Long March-8d) Long March-7Answer: (c)Related Facts:- On 22 December 2020; China has launched five satellites successfully into planned orbit. 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