CHINA’s STUNNING DOUBLE HEADER: Smart Dragon-3 rocket blasts off in epic sea launch

ONE DAY 2 LAUNCHES: Formidable China blasts another jaw-dropping sea launch. 9 satellites were successfully launched by Smart Dragon/Jielong-3 rocket at Yangjiang, Guangdong on Feb 3, 2024. China’s 8th launch in 2024. It’s also the 3rd launch of commercial Jielong-3 rocket series. A mobile hangar was installed on the ship for the ~2000 km trip down from Shandong to the South China Sea coast. Smart Dragon 3 Y3 launched 9 satellites from the sea near Yangjiang, Guangdong at ~03:06UTC on February 03. Payload List: DRO-L Zhixing-2A (SmartSat-2A) DongFangHuiYan-GF01 WeiHai-1-01/02 XingShiDai-18/19/20 NEXSAT-1 (an Egyptian satellite) #chinaspace #SmarDragon3 #Jielong3