China’s Long March 2D launches Kuafu-1 solar observatory, rocket sheds tiles

The 1,960-pound (888 kilograms) Kuafu-1 probe will use three instruments to study the sun's magnetic field, solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and more.

[Petefx]

Does anyone else launching orbital rockets still use Hydrazine as a main stage propellent anymore?

[KoryDaoust]

I think it's high time the Chinese move on from hypergolic fuels and start using more modern, less hazardous energy sources like Hydrogen and Methane.
Less risk to people and the environment as a whole.

[danish]

What is the function of the insulation tiles ?

[mayankgomeshwar]

It's exhaust gases look's like raptor