China's Zhuque-2E Y6 carrier rocket sends 2 new satellites into space

JIUQUAN, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday successfully launched a Zhuque-2E Y6 carrier rocket to transport two new satellites into space.

The carrier rocket blasted off at 4:23 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China.

The two satellites are named Spacesail DTC 01 and China Mobile 02, respectively.

This was the eighth mission involving Zhuque-2 series carrier rockets.

According to the rocket developer, Chinese private rocket company LandSpace, the Zhuque-2E Y6 is a two-stage cryogenic liquid launch vehicle, with a body diameter of 3.35 meters.

The rocket has a carrying capacity of 6 tonnes to the low-Earth orbit and 4 tonnes to the 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit, the developer said.