China’s Kuaizhou 1A (KZ-1A)/Feitian 1 launch vehicle successfully launched the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Laser communications test satellites Xingyun 2-1 and Xingyun 2-2 into a Sun Synchronous low Earth orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 0116 GMT on 12 May 2020. The spacecraft will use L-band for the IoT mission, and laser communications as a part of an intersatellite communications test.
China launches a pair of Xingyun Internet-of-Things comsats
by David Todd | May 12, 2020 | China, Launches, Satellites
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