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2023.10.05 15:14 GMT+8

China launches new remote sensing satellite

Updated 2023.10.05 15:14 GMT+8
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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the satellite Yaogan-39 lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, October 5, 2023. /CFP

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

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the satellite Yaogan-39 lifted off at 8:24 a.m. (Beijing Time).

The launch was the 490th mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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