On May 11 at 21:27, China successfully launched the Remote Sensing Satellite No. 40, Group 02, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March 6A carrier rocket. The satellite entered its predetermined orbit smoothly, and the launch mission was a complete success.
The Remote Sensing Satellite No. 40, Group 02, is primarily used for electromagnetic environment detection and related technical experiments.
This mission marked the 574th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets.
At 1:31 AM today, China successfully launched the Tianwen-2 planetary exploration probe from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center using the Long March-3B Y110 carrier rocket.
At 2:09 on May 13, China successfully launched the Communication Technology Experiment Satellite No. 19 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center using a Long March 3B carrier rocket. The satellite smoothly entered its predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.
A research team led by Prof. Wu Zhenyu and Dr. Wang Lihao from the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT) has developed a groundbreaking 10-mm aperture piezoelectric MEMS fast steering mirror (FSM) to enhance satellite laser communication.