Shijiedu
Credit: © Mark Wade
Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 7 launches from 1960 to 1966, reaching up to 115 kilometers altitude.
Location: Anhui.
Longitude: 119.2058 deg.
Latitude: 30.9374 deg.
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See also
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T-7 China's first sounding rocket and first indigenously-built sounding rocket, launched from 1960-1965. The basic vehicle consisted of a single liquid propellant stage. This was later augmented with solid propellant booster stages. Later versions dispensed with the liquid propellant stage. More...
Associated Launch Vehicles
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T-7 Chinese sounding rocket. China's first sounding rocket and first indigenously-built sounding rocket, launched from 1960-1965. The basic vehicle consisted of a single liquid propellant stage. This was later augmented with solid propellant booster stages. Later versions dispensed with the liquid propellant stage. More...
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T-7A Chinese sounding rocket. Boosted version of China's first indigenously-built sounding rocket. Included solid propellant booster. The upper stage and payload were recovered by parachute and reused. Launches began in 1965. Consisted of a solid propellant booster mated to the basic liquid propellant T-7. Flown from 1965 to the end of the 1960's. More...
Bibliography
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McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: here.
Shijiedu Chronology
1960 September 1 - .
Launch Site:
Shijiedu.
LV Family:
T-7.
Launch Vehicle:
T-7.
- Test mission - .
Nation: China. Agency: Shanghai. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). Summary: First launch of the all-up missile..
1963 December 1 - .
Launch Site:
Shijiedu.
LV Family:
T-7.
Launch Vehicle:
T-7A.
- Test mission - .
Nation: China. Agency: Shanghai. Apogee: 115 km (71 mi).
1964 July 19 - .
Launch Site:
Shijiedu.
LV Family:
T-7.
Launch Vehicle:
T-7A-S.
- Life Science (mice) Biological mission - .
Nation: China. Agency: Shanghai. Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).
1965 June 1 - .
Launch Site:
Shijiedu.
LV Family:
T-7.
Launch Vehicle:
T-7A-S.
- Life Science (mice) Biological mission - .
Nation: China. Agency: Shanghai. Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).
1965 June 5 - .
Launch Site:
Shijiedu.
LV Family:
T-7.
Launch Vehicle:
T-7A-S.
- Life Science (mice) Biological mission - .
Nation: China. Agency: Shanghai. Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).
1966 July 14 - .
Launch Site:
Shijiedu.
LV Family:
T-7.
Launch Vehicle:
T-7A-S2.
- Life Science (dog) Biological mission - .
Nation: China. Agency: Shanghai. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1966 July 28 - .
Launch Site:
Shijiedu.
LV Family:
T-7.
Launch Vehicle:
T-7A-S2.
- Life Science (dog) Biological mission - .
Nation: China. Agency: Shanghai. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
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