MAIDEN FLIGHT
2019-09-02 21:09:18
Beijing Review 2019年35期
Chinas new carrier rocket Smart Dragon-1 （SD-1） blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on August 17， sending three satellites into planned orbit.
Designed for commercial use， the SD-1， with a takeoff weight of about 23.1 tons， is a small-scale solid-propellant carrier rocket capable of sending 200-kg payloads to the solar synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 km.
