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China's first commercial spacecraft launch targets cost efficiency

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China's first commercial spacecraft launch site aims to lower costs while ensuring reliability to support high-frequency and sustainable space missions. Hainan Commercial Spacecraft Launch Site launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket on November 30, sending two experimental satellites into their planned orbits. The mission was the first launch undertaken from the site in the southern island province of Hainan, and represents a huge step forward in advancing China's commercial aerospace capabilities.

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