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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:00:07
Saturday June 25, 2016
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First flight of the Long March 7 rocket and the first launch from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
The Aolong 1 payload was developed by CALT. Reportedly it is to demonstrate the removal of a simulated space debris object by capturing the object and then bringing it to a re-entry trajectory to be burned up in the Earth's atmosphere.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Tiange Feixingqi 1 and 2 are a pair of small satellites. The likely purpose is the demonstration of inter-satellite communication links. Tiange Feixingqi 1 reentered on August 2016, and Tiange Feixingqi 2 followed a day later.
Low Earth Orbit
2 Payloads
The test flight included a scale model of China's next-generation crew capsule (Duoyongtu Feichuan Fanhui Cang) along with several experimental satellites. This capsule will eventually replace the Shenzhou crew capsule.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
2,600 kilograms
Aoxiang Zhixing is developed by Shaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Microsatellites (SELM) of NPU. The prime mission of the satellite is to detect polarized sunlight and to measure gravity. It is the first 12U CubeSat to be launched.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
18 kilograms


Agency
CASCRocket
Height: 53.1m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 13,200 kg
GTO: 5,200 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,128 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 10m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2016
42nd
Orbital launch attempt