Jilin-developed satellite launched for scientific experiment

A scientific experiment satellite named Luojia-1 was sent into a preset orbit on a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 12:13 pm Beijing Time on June 2 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Shanxi province.

Photo taken on June 2, 2018 shows the scientific experiment satellite -- Luojia-1 being launched on a Long March-2D rocket at 12:13 pm Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.[Photo provided to ejilin.gov.cn]

Luojia-1 satellite [Photo provided to ejilin.gov.cn]    

Luojia-1 is a commercial satellite developed by Changchun-based Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co in Jilin province. It is the first noctilucent remote sensing satellite in the world and will be mainly used in verifying noctilucent remote sensing and navigation enhancement technology.

The satellite was designed to have integrated functions and technological innovations involving high signal to noise ratio, high dynamic imaging, large-scale shock isolation and independent locking/unlocking of the panel while using some of the technologies applied on the Jilin-1 satellites, which were the first self-developed commercial satellites in the country designed for better payload.

Weighing only 20 kilograms and equipped with a high resolution noctilucent remote sensing camera with a large field of view, the satellite will provide data for macroeconomic analysis and carry out the experiments on improving location accuracy for the Beidou Navigation Satellite System.

The developer will cooperate with Wuhan University on conducting more experiments and tests, so as to make more breakthroughs in satellite technology and innovations with their supplementary resources.