“Kuaizhou II” satellite successfully launched

2014/12/02

Reported /?Photographed by:?LAN Rui

Translated by: YANG Yue

Edited by : Jonathan Wylie

On November 21st,?at 14:37,?at?the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the Small Launch Vehicle Kuaizhou?succeeded?in?launching the fourth satellite designed by HIT?“Kuaizhou?II,” into its predetermined orbit.?The satellite,?“Kuaizhou?II,”?is mainly used for emergency disaster monitoring and other fields.

Party Secretary?WANG Shuquan,?and President?ZHOU Yu watched the launch?of the satellite?live at Beijing?Aerospace City,?Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Vice?PresidentsHAN Jiecai, GUO Bin, AN Shi,?and?XU Dianguo?also?came together to watch the launch live.?

HIT designed and launched satellite,?“Shi Yan Ⅰ”?in 2004, satellite?“Shi Yan?II”?in 2008,?andsatellite?“Kuai Zhou?I”?in 2013?all?successfully.?HIT has realized the dream of flying again and again,?boosting the dreams?of teachers and students to?strengthen?the country, combining the wisdom and strength of HIT,?and?reflecting the?research?and innovation power of HIT in the field of?aerospace. All along, HIT?has me?the state’s major strategic needs positively, bearing?primary?developmental?work in many areas and projects,?andmaking?vital?contributions?to?the development of China’s aerospace industry.