A Smart Dragon-3 launch vehicle successfully launched a new “Satellite Internet Technology Test Satellite” (卫星互联网技术试验卫星) from a sea-based platform off the coast of Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China, on 5 December 2023, at 19:24 UTC (6 December, at 03:24 local time). Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3, also known as Lightning Dragon No. 3, Jielong-3, 捷龙三号) is a new solid-propellant rocket developed by the China Rocket Co. Ltd., affiliated to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT). The launch was coordinated by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center and was the second mission for the Smart Dragon-3 launch vehicle.
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
The second launch of the Smart Dragon-3 launch vehicle
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