A Chinese spacecraft capable of flying to the edge of the atmosphere took off and returned to Earth on the same day in what China said was a big step towards developing reusable space transportation technology.
The Ningxin-1 satellites (also called Zhongzi) are a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellite owned by Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. Ltd.
The satellites were built by DFH Satellite Co. Ltd of CAST. They have been reported to be a commercial operated global EM spectrum signal monitoring satellite system (SIGINT).
China successfully sent 5 satellites including a Jilin-1 01B wideband and three remote sensing Jilin-1 03D satellites into designated orbits on Sat via a Long March 2D rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
China successfully launched the Beijing-3 satellite and three other satellites on a Long March 2-D carrier rocket Fri. The satellites are used for ecological environment monitoring, disaster prevention, & improving supply capacity of high-resolution remote sensing satellite data.
