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快舟运载火箭即将发射“行云•武汉号”卫星
China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project in mid to late April, with one satellite named after its birthplace Wuhan, according to the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).
The rocket to send the satellites, Kuaizhou-1A, was developed by the Wuhan-based Sanjiang Group under the CASIC. Despite its proximity to the epicenter of the novel coronavirus epidemic, the company staff worked hard to ensure the success of the mission.
More than 130 members of the rocket and satellite joint test team have arrived at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, to carry out assembly, test and launch operations for the mission this month.
The two satellites, Xingyun-2 01 and 02, are the first stars of the "Xingyun Engineering" project, which is scheduled to complete the network with 80 low-orbit communications satellites. They were designed and developed by the Xingyun Satellite Co., a subsidiary of Sanjiang Group.
Xingyun-2 01 was named "Wuhan." It will work for a Chinese low-orbit constellation for Internet-of-Things communications and be tested in industries related to marine, forestry and engineering machinery, the company source said.
这次发射的快舟一号甲运载火箭,由航天三江下属航天科工火箭技术有限公司抓总研制,是一型成熟的小型固体运载火箭,此前已成功完成了8次商业发射。在与疫情的斗争中,航天科工快舟运载火箭团队身处武汉,与英雄的武汉人民风雨同舟、荣辱与共,共同经历了这场劫难,对支援湖北、武汉的全国广大医护工作者充满感激。通过将“致敬医护工作者群像”涂刷在火箭箭体表面,快舟火箭团队用航天人特有的方式向广大医护工作者致以最崇高的敬意,感谢你们,让英雄的武汉浴火重生。
此次发射任务,广汽传祺汽车销售有限公司正式成为“航天科工快舟运载火箭发射助力合作伙伴”,将执行此次发射任务的快舟一号甲运载火箭冠名为“快舟•传祺GS4号”,航天科工快舟运载火箭团队与广汽传祺一同致敬医护,为武汉重启加油。
据了解,4月中旬,“快舟•传祺GS4号”运载火箭将承载着对“英雄武汉•伟大祖国”的美好愿望,以及对全国广大一线抗疫人员的致敬之情,一飞冲天。