It was the 100th consecutive successful liftoff for the Long March rocket family.
China launched a carbon and ecosystem monitoring satellite and two smaller payloads with the country's 28th launch of 2022 late on Wednesday .occurred at 11:08 p.m. EDT on Wednesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China.
Colorful shock diamonds created by the rocket's exhaust and falling insulation tiles were visible as theA Long March 4B rocket carrying the TECIS 1 Earth-observation satellite lifts off from China's Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Aug. 3, 2022. The main payload was the Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite , designed to measure forest vegetation biomass, aerosol distribution and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. The fluorescence data, which will be gathered with an imaging spectrometer, will help monitor the status of vegetation photosynthesis on a global scale.
TECIS 1, approved by the China National Forestry Administration and built by the China Academy of Space Technology , will be used to evaluate major national ecological projects and monitor the atmospheric environment and the influence of aerosols onThe two secondary payloads were the HEAD 2G and Minhang Youth Satellite. HEAD 2G was developed by Beijing-based HEAD Aerospace Group to collect ship and flight data and will conduct remote sensing demonstrations.
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