On March 22, 2026, China placed 10 satellites into orbit with the launch of a Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket from off the coast of Haiyang in Shandong province.
The Smart Dragon 3 is a solid-propellant rocket model with a height of 31 meters and a diameter of 2.65 meters. It can carry a liftoff weight of 140 metric tons. The rocket is capable of sending multiple satellites with a combined weight of 1.5 tons to a typical sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometers.
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