China launches telecommunication technology test satellite

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China launches telecommunication technology test satellite
by Staff Writers
Xichang (XNA) Dec 31, 2018

Long March-3C file image

China successfully launched the No. 3 telecommunication technology test satellite on Tuesday.

The satellite was launched at 0:53 a.m. Beijing Time by a Long March-3C carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellite was developed and produced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

There have been 296 Long March rocket missions.

Source: Xinhua News

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