Chinas space rocket hits orbit
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china has launched a new space environment research satellite and four nanosatellites on a long march-2d carrier rocket which has successfully entered their pre-set orbit1 the rocket was launched from the jiuquan satellite launch centre in northwest china said on tuesday1 according to the centre the satellites have successfully entered their pre-set orbit after launch on november 20 20181 shiyan-6 will be used for conducting space environment exploration experiments1 the term nanosatellite refers to a small artificial satellite weighing between one kg and 10 kg1 among the four nanosatellites tianping-1a and tianping-1b will be used for equipment calibration on ground control stations while jiading-1 is the first satellite of the xiangyun satellite constellation in low earth orbit1 a software-defined satellite developed by the innovation academy for microsatellites the chinese academy of sciences will be used for conducting experiments on open-source satellite software research and development on android platforms1 compared to traditional satellites a software-defined satellite is more flexible and reconfigurable1 a report says it enables its operator to capture diverse markets with its ability to change things like frequency band and coverage areas on demand1 it is the 292th mission of the long march carrier rocket series. xinhuanan1