Long March- 5 Rocket Of China Vs GSLV MK – 3 Of India – Free PDF Download

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

• China launched its heaviest and most advanced communications satellite on  the country’s largest new carrier rocket
• Long March-5 Y3 that will lay the foundation for the development of highly sensitive space
• Long March-5 rocket, Shijian-20

SHIJIAN 20

• Shijian 20, which means Practice 20, is expected to greatly boost China’s high-throughput satellite  communications capacity once it reaches its intended  geostationary orbit, 22,236 miles (35,786  kilometers) above Earth.
• Shijian-20 weighs more than 8 tonnes

INDIA’S HEAVIEST?

CHINA’S LONG MARCH 5 AND FRENCH ARIANE 5 ARE COMPARABLE

LONG MARCH-5

• The Long March-5, China’s most powerful  rocket and a critical ingredient in the  nation’s ambitious space programme, can  carry a maximum payload of 25 tonnes  into low Earth orbit and 14 tonnes into  geosynchronous orbit.

GSLV MARK III

LONG MARCH 5 LONG TERM PLANS

• The successful launch is a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in  The satellite will carry out orbit  experiments for a series of key  technologies

MARS GLOBAL REMOTE SENSING  ORBITER AND SMALL ROVER

• The Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter and Small Rover, temporarily named Huoxing-1
• The mission is planned to be launched in July or August 2020 with a Long March 5 heavy lift rocket.
• Its stated objectives are to search for evidence of both current and past life, and to assess the planet’s

MARS GLOBAL REMOTE SENSING  ORBITER AND SMALL ROVER

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