China sends 13 satellites into orbit with single rocket
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China has sent 13 satellites into orbit by using a single rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellites, including 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed by Argentine company Satellogic, were blasted off atop Long March-6 carrier rocket at 11:19 a.m. Beijing Time. The mission also carried and launched three other satellites - UESTC Satellite (also known as Tianyan-05), Beihang SAT-1 and Bayi-03.

Argentina's 10 small remote sensing satellites have the same technical status, carrying multi-spectral and hyper-spectral payloads, with each weighing about 41 kilograms and with a designed life span of three years. This was the 351st launch by the Long March rocket series.