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china news service, beijing, september 5 (reporter ma shuaisha) the reporter learned from the first academy of china aerospace science and technology corporation on the 5th that the new rocket long march 8a carrier rocket (referred to as "long march 8a rocket") is scheduled to make its first flight at the end of this year. the joint training arrow of this type of rocket successfully completed the launch site training mission at the no. 1 launch station of the hainan commercial space launch site on the 4th.

the joint exercise started in mid-august, and the joint refueling work was completed on september 3. on september 4, the joint rocket was lowered from the launch tower and returned to the hainan assembly and test plant from the launch area. this joint exercise is the first time that the first academy has conducted rocket assembly and testing in the hainan assembly and test plant. it is also the first time that the first academy's active cryogenic carrier rockets have used the independently developed unified ground test, launch and control equipment, which provides a reference for the subsequent testing and launch missions of the first academy's active cryogenic carrier rockets.

the first academy stated that this joint exercise adopted a new test and launch mode - the improved three-vertical test and launch mode, that is, the rocket body was transferred from the hainan assembly and test plant to the launch area in a vertical state in three modules: the core first-stage booster assembly, the core second-stage, and the satellite cover assembly, and then the lifting and docking of each module were completed in the launch area.

it is understood that hainan commercial space launch site is china's first commercial space launch site. among them, the no. 1 launch station was built by the first academy long march space launch technology and special vehicle equipment co., ltd., and is a dedicated station for china's new generation of medium-sized carrier rocket long march 8. the launch station was officially completed at the end of last year. (end)