China launches new satellites
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JIUQUAN -- China on Saturday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite into space.
The rocket blasted off at 12:11 pm (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and sent the Gaojing-3 02 satellite into the preset orbit.
The mission also launched the Tianyan-23 satellite.
It was the 564th flight mission of the Long March series rockets.
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