Long March 6 lofts ten Argentinian satellites

[Judi Lynn]

written by Rui C. Barbosa November 6, 2020



China has launched the first dedicated mission to orbit ten satellites for the Aleph-1 Argentinian Earth observation satellites. Launch took place at 03:19 UTC on Friday, 6 November 2020.

The satellites were orbited by the Long March-6 (Y3) – Chang Zheng-6 – rocket from the LC-16 launch complex of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.

Originally scheduled for 20 October, the launch was delayed due to rescheduling events at the launch site.

The Aleph-1 satellites

The new satellites orbited today are part of the Aleph-1 constellation that is being developed and operated by Satellogic S.A. and will ultimately consist of up to 25 satellites.

The satellites are almost identical to each other and have a mass of 37 kg each, with dimensions of 450mm x 450mm x 800mm. The mission’s primary objective is to commercially provide earth observation images to the general public in the visible and infrared parts of the spectrum.

More:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/long-march-6-lofts-ten-argentinian-satellites/

Hooray!

[sandensea]

1. To think Macri tried to dismantle the program, calling it "a holdover from the mafia era"

Referring to the Kirchner era (2003-15), when Argentina went from being the sick man of South America, to having Latin America's highest living standard by 2010 - which by the time Macri left in '19, was (and is) no longer the case.

Thank you for sharing this, Judi.