27 July 2022
A new Chinese solid-propellant rocket launched on 27 July 2022 at 12:12 BJT from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. The Lijian 1 launcher, also known as ZK-1A, is a 4-stage solid-propellant launch vehicle jointly developed by the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and CAS Space (Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd.). It is 30 m tall, has a diameter of 2.65 m and a launch mass of 135 t. Its 200 t of trust provide a payload capacity of 1.5 t into SSO. The mission marked the 1st flight of Lijian 1. It carried 6 new satellites into space, including a new space technology test satellite and a test satellite for probing atmospheric density.
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some YouTube footage of the launch