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China successfully launches new Long March 7A on second attempt – SpaceNews
China launched a new-generation Long March 7A rocket Thursday, sending a classified, experimental payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
HELSINKI China launched a new-generation Long March 7A rocket Thursday, sending a classified, experimental payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Liftoff from the coastal Wenchang Satellite Launch Center occurred at 12:51 p.m. Eastern March 11. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), the countrys main space contractor, confirmed launch success 40 minutes later (Chinese).
The payload was the Shiyan-9, or “experiment-9”, technology verification satellite. It was developed by…
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