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China launches six Yunhai-2 satellites and a test communication satellite

2,069 views · Published 29 December 2018 · 0:40 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: CGTN · 2018 · News & Politics

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China launched a total of seven satellites onboard one rocket into space on Saturday, successfully completing the last launch mission in 2018.

Launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:00 p.m. local time (08:00 GMT), six Yunhai-2 satellites are for atmospheric environment research, and a test communication satellite, the first of the Hongyan communication constellation, will be used to verify the function of mobile communications in low earth orbit (LEO).

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