LM-6 Launches Five Satellites on Its First Low-Inclination Launch

A LM-6 carrier rocket launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center with 5 Ningxia 1 satellites at 14:35 Beijing time on November 13,2019,launching those satellites into their planned orbits accurately.The Ningxia 1 satellites were developed by the DFH Satellite Co.,Ltd.under CAST for use in remote sensing detection.The satellites are part of a commercial space project invested in by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co.,Ltd.

The LM-6 was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology.The new generation rapid response 3-stage cryogenic liquid fuel carrier rocket is capable of sending various kinds of satellites into different orbits and supports multiple payloads on a single rocket.With the restartable third stage,the launch capacity of LM-6 into a 700 km sun-synchronous orbit is 1 ton.

This was the 3rd flight of LM-6,also the first low-inclination launch.The carrier rocket had incorporated a series of technical upgrades in accordance to mission requirements.

The launch was the 318th mission of the Long March series carrier rocket.

A LM-6 carrier rocket flying to space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch CenterPhoto:WANG Qijun