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2023.09.17 15:52 GMT+8

China launches new remote sensing satellite

Updated 2023.09.17 15:52 GMT+8
CGTN

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carries a remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, September 17, 2023. /CMG

China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday.

The satellite, Yaogan-39, was launched aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 12:13 p.m. Beijing Time and has entered the preset orbit.

The launch marks the 488th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.

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