China Places 7 Satellites Into Orbit in Single Launch — Space Corporation
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BEIJING (Sputnik) — China launched seven satellites into their designated orbits on Tuesday using a Long March-6C carrier rocket, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said. «The launch was a complete success,» the statement read. One of the satellites launched was Thailand’s Lingzhi-09 CubeSat, the CASC said. The rocket blasted off into space at 11:21 a.m. local time (03:21 GMT) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern Shanxi province. This marked the 665th flight for the Long March carrier rocket series.
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