Long March 2C | MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation launched a Long March 2C rocket from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) carrying MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01 to Low Earth Orbit on 21 May 2023, 08:00 UTC. Outcome: Launch Successful.
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About the mission
Macau Science Satellite-1 (MUST-1A/B) are 2 magnetosphere research satellites from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) aiming to study the different layers of the Earth’s magnetosphere system, particularly in the South Atlantic Anomaly by studying the origin and evolution of the geomagnetic field and the geomagnetic inversion mechanism, and draw a high-precision and high-resolution lithospheric geomagnetic map. Luojia-2 01 is a 0.5 m resolution Earth observation Synthetic-aperture radar satellite from Wuhan University.