At 00:25 on January 20, 2021, a pillar of fire from China's Xichang Satellite Launch Base burst into the sky, breaking through the clouds. The Long March 3B carrier rocket successfully lifted off and successfully launched the Tiantong-1 03 satellite. The satellite successfully entered the scheduled orbit, the mission was a complete success, and China's space launch has a good start in 2021.

The Tiantong-1 satellite mobile communication system is a satellite mobile communication system independently developed and constructed by China. It consists of a space segment, a ground segment and user terminals. The Tiantong-1 03 satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology. After being launched into orbit, it will form an integrated world-earth mobile communication network with the ground mobile communication system. It will serve China and its surrounding areas, the Middle East, Africa and other related areas, as well as the Pacific Ocean, Users in most waters of the Indian Ocean provide mobile communication services such as all-weather, all-day, stable and reliable voice, short message and data.

This mission is the 358th space flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets.

The complete success of this launch mission opened a new page for China's 2021 space launch and was also the 358th space flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets. Editor/Xu Shengpeng