BREAKING: Unstoppable China launches first Long March-6C rocket

China’s Long March-6C carrier rocket made its debut flight on Tuesday, placing four satellites in space. China’s Long March-6C carrier rocket successfully made its debut flight on Tuesday, blasting off from north China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center to send Neptune-01 and Smart-1C, as well as a wide-band optical satellite and a high-resolution video satellite into planned orbits. It was the 520th flight mission of the Long March rocket series. The first Long March 6C rocket lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north China, at 11:21 Eastern, May 6 (0321 UTC on May 7). The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), the rocket’s manufacturer, confirmed launch success within an hour of liftoff. Four satellites were aboard the launch. The main payload was Haiwangxing-1, or Neptune-1, an experimental, 239-kilogram X-band synthetic aperture radar satellite. Neptune-1 was manufactured by SAST for Zhihui Space Tech. The latter firm aims to launch 12 operational satellites for the Neptune constellation. #chinaspace #LongMarch6C #CZ6C