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2021.11.06 12:03 GMT+8

China launches three new remote-sensing satellites

Updated 2021.11.06 12:03 GMT+8
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A Long March-2D rocket carrying three satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on November 6, 2021. /China Media Group

China successfully launched three new remote-sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the country's southwestern Sichuan Province at 11:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Saturday.

The satellites (members of the Yaogan-35 family) were sent into orbit atop a Long March-2D carrier rocket.

Saturday's launch was the 396th mission of China's Long March rocket series. 

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