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2023.12.09 08:02 GMT+8

China launches methane-powered Zhuque-2 Y-3 carrier rocket

Updated 2023.12.09 10:04 GMT+8
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The Zhuque-2 Y-3 carrier rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, December 9, 2023. /CMG

China successfully launched its methane-powered Zhuque-2 Y-3 carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.

The carrier rocket blasted off at 7:39 a.m. (Beijing Time) and sent three satellites – Honghu, Honghu-2 and TY-33 – into planned orbit.

It was the third flight mission of the Zhuque-2 carrier rocket.

The Zhuque-2 Y-3 carrier rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, December 9, 2023. /CMG

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