Dong Fang Hong 1 and the Long March 1 rocket
Dong Fang Hong 1 y el cohete Larga Marcha 1
- Date
- 24 de abril de 1970 · confidence high
- Place
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu, China
- Credited to
- China Academy of Space Technology (Qian Xuesen, Sun Jiadong)
- Field
- Movement
What it is
China put its first satellite, weighing 173 kg, in orbit with the Long March 1 launcher and broadcast the tune 'The East Is Red'. It was the fifth nation with a satellite launched by its own rocket.
Qian Xuesen had worked in the United States before returning to China in 1955. The rocket derives from the Dongfeng-4 missile.
What it led to
- the Long March launcher family
- the Shenzhou crewed programme and the Tiangong station
- China's lunar and Mars programmes