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China launches new satellite into space

China launched a Long March-3B carrier rocket on Tuesday to place a new satellite, Shijian-31, into space. The rocket blasted off at 5:45 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite is mainly used for space environment detection.

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