Long March 7A | ChinaSat 4A
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Aug. 22, 2024, 12:17 p.m. - Aug. 22, 2024, 1:36 p.m.
Aug. 22, 2024, 12:17 p.m. - Aug. 22, 2024, 1:36 p.m.
Chinese communication geostationary satellite for unknown purposes.
Launch success.
Liftoff
Unofficial Webcast by ThatSpaceDogeGuy has started
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
INFO WIKI
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