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China launches Qianfan polar-orbit 13 satellites

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China successfully launched the Qianfan Polar-Orbit 13 satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province, July 4, 2026. /CMG
China successfully launched the Qianfan Polar-Orbit 13 satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province, July 4, 2026. /CMG

China successfully launched the Qianfan Polar-Orbit 13 satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province, July 4, 2026. /CMG

At 5:30 p.m. Beijing Time on July 4, 2026, China launched the Qianfan Polar-Orbit 13 satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province aboard a Long March-6A carrier rocket. 

The mission, the 655th for the Long March series, successfully placed the satellites into their preset orbits. 

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