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China launches six new satellites
by Staff Writers
Jiuquan (XNA) Jul 28, 2022

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China on Wednesday sent six new satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

The satellites, including a new space technology test satellite and a test satellite for probing atmospheric density, were launched by a Lijian-1 carrier rocket at 12:12 p.m. Beijing Time and entered the orbit successfully.

The Lijian-1 solid-propellant rocket was independently developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The mission marked the first flight of Lijian-1.

A Lijian-1 carrier rocket carrying six new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 27, 2022. The satellites, including a new space technology test satellite and a test satellite for probing atmospheric density, were launched by the Lijian-1 carrier rocket at 12:12 p.m. Beijing Time and entered the orbit successfully.

(Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)


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