China sends first satellite with flexible solar array into space(1/3)

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying 4 satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, July 23, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zheng Bin)

Three of the satellites will be used to obtain remote sensing observation data and provide commercial remote sensing services. China's first flat-panel communication satellite with a flexible solar array, Lingxi-03, will be used for satellite communications technology verification.

This was the 479th flight mission of the Long March rocket series.

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying 4 satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, July 23, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zheng Bin)

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying 4 satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, July 23, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zheng Bin)