The first flight of Dongfanghong 5 was successful, and China ranks among the first-class communication satellites
On January 5, China's developed high orbit satellite, Shijian 20, with the heaviest launch weight and the highest technical content, was successfully fixed, marking the successful first flight of the public platform of Dongfanghong 5 satellite. As the first flight test satellite, the satellite will conduct comprehensive on orbit verification on the public platform of Dongfanghong 5, a new generation of large geosynchronous satellite platform independently developed by China.
At present, the satellite has completed the transfer orbit and orbit change, and verified the main key technologies of the East five platform.