China Launches Rocket from Sea | News Cover

News Cover: China launched a rocket with seven satellites from sea platform on June 5, 2019, marking the country's latest achievement in the space industry.

The launch was carried out from a modified submersible sea craft on the Yellow Sea off China's eastern coast in Shandong province and sent the rocket some 600 km into the orbit, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said in a statement. A Chinese space probe had landed on the far side of the moon in January making it the first spacecraft in the world to touch down in that part of the moon, which is never visible from the earth.

On June 5, 2019, a Long March 11 solid-propellant carrier rocket blasted off at 12:00 pm from a mobile platform-a modified submersible craft in the Yellow Sea of the eastern Shandong Province sent seven satellites in orbit, about 600 km above Earth.

The state-controlled China Daily newspaper reports - "The mission - launching the world's first sea-fired aviation space in five years - demonstrated China's expertise in the technology and skills needed for such operations and indicates that the country has found its ground-based alternative. "  

The CNSA said in the statement that This is the first time China launched vehicles on the sea.

State broadcaster CCTV hailed it as "a new launching mode for China to enter space quickly”.

Built by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, this is the only solid-fuel carrier rocket in the Long March family.