Long March-2D launches Hongyan-1 and six Yunhai-2 satellites

A Long March-2D rocket launched Hongyan-1 and six Yunhai-2 satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, northwest China, on 29 December 2018, at 08:00 UTC (16:00 local time). Hongyan-1 is the first satellite of the Hongyan (鸿雁, “Wild Goose”) constellation, a global Internet constellation of 300 low-orbit small satellites planned to be completed by 2025. The six Yunhai-2 satellites will be used to study atmospheric environment, monitor space environment, prevent and reduce disasters, and conduct scientific experiments.

Credit: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)

[smockydevil]

Did they have confetti on top of the rocket?? Lol

[Biped]

What's with all the chips coming off of it? Maybe it's delivering mail on its way....

[kevingreene]

As far as I can tell this is the first launch of the Long March-2D with a third stage. Growing sophistication!

[osuna]

Thats the best footage ever of a Chinese rocket so far.. All the rest I could find are filmed by Chinese news potatoes. I want more HD like this!!

[JorgeHernandez-vyrh]

China's 39th and final launch of year....

[hugocorona]

Yo SciNews how many satellites launches for the month of December..???

[vanillaswirl]

What was falling off of it at list off? It looks like it is going to fall apart after liftoff.

[mikicerise]

Here to find out what the confetti is all about. 🎊

[rocktcatU]

Weird to match a hypergolic first stage to a cryogenic upper stage...

[__Paprika]

are those things thermal isolation panels or just plain ice ?

[ValleyRC]

Is it normal for the panels to fall off the nose cone like that? Even the flag came off!!

[ITTechHead]

First time some descent video image quality of a Chinese rocket launch.

[hahanoulis]

Why the rocket leaves the ground (Earth) so slowly? :P

[vivek]

What are that objects falling from it? Can anyone tell about it

[lnr]

What is falling off the rocket all over the place? ? Looks odd

[z-sx]

China's solutions always make other countries'advanced tech look less intelligent and wasteful 😂

[iblesbosuok]

What an exotics stoichioic flame. I love it.
Cheers from Indonesia

[marriottbeats]

Jesus can the Chinese calm tf down on launching

[bivergvv]

Китайские технари забыли Доширак забрать с собой - вот он и посыпался

[TaxSlave]

Great way to get rid of all that extra melamine, the Chinese seem to have. But not a very good thermal