深夜，成功发射！

3月12日1时51分，我国在文昌航天发射场成功完成长征七号改遥二运载火箭发射。

长征七号改遥二运载火箭由长征七号运载火箭改进研制而成，用于发射地球同步轨道卫星，运载能力不少于7吨。

The newest type in China's carrier rocket family – Long March 7A – made its first successful flight at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province early Friday morning, sending a technology demonstration satellite into space.

The 60.1-meter colossal rocket blasted off from a launch pad in the coastal launch center at 1:51 am, and soon deployed the New Technology Demonstrator 9 experimental satellite into orbit, according to a statement from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor.

本次发射的试验九号卫星主要用于空间环境监测等新技术在轨验证试验。

这次任务是长征系列运载火箭的第362次飞行。

The mission marked the 362nd flight of the Long March rocket series and also the second by the Long March 7A.

在航天领域有这样一种说法，运载火箭的能力有多大，航天的舞台就有多大。作为我国新一代运载火箭当中首个改型火箭，长征七号改完成了一系列新设计，也有了全新的运载能力，使我国进入空间的能力再上一个新台阶。

The rocket is tasked with sending satellites to high-altitude orbits such as the geosynchronous transfer and inclined geosynchronous orbits. It can also be used to carry out missions to the moon, Mars or asteroids, designers said.

火箭的任务是将卫星发送到地球同步转移轨道和倾斜地球同步轨道等高轨道。据研发人员介绍，它还可用于执行登月、火星或小行星的飞行任务。

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加油，中国航天！

编辑：李雪晴

实习编辑：李金昳

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