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China launches low Earth orbit satellites

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China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites on Tuesday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang City in the southern island province of Hainan. The satellite group, the 10th of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 03:08 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-8A carrier rocket. It entered the preset orbit successfully.

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