2016年11月22日23点24分,在西昌卫星发射中心,长征三号丙运载火箭刺破夜幕,将我国第四颗中继卫星——天链一号04星送入太空。卫星准确进入地球同步转移轨道。天链一号04星是我国第四颗地球同步轨道数据中继卫星,由中国空间技术研究院为主研制。卫星入轨并完成在轨测试后,将与天链一号01星、02星、03星实现全球组网运行, At 22:24 on November 22, 2016, at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the Long March III C carrier rocket pierced the night and put the fourth relay satellite in China, the fourth day of the day chain, into space. Satellites accurately enter the Earth’s synchronous transfer orbit. The first 04-day chain is China’s fourth geosynchronous orbit data relay satellite, developed mainly by the China Academy of Space Technology. After the satellite enters the orbit and completes the on-orbit test, it will realize the global network operation with No. 1, No. 1 and No. 1,