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China launches new remote-sensing satellites

Xinhua | Updated: 2023-03-30 20:22

A Long March-2D rocket carrying satellites of the PIESAT-1 constellation blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province, March 30, 2023. China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Thursday evening to place new remote-sensing satellites in space. [Photo/Xinhua]

TAIYUAN-- China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Thursday evening to place new remote-sensing satellites in space.

The satellites of the PIESAT-1 constellation were lifted at 6:50 pm (Beijing Time) on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province, and then entered the preset orbit.

They will mainly provide commercial remote-sensing data services.

This mission was the 469th flight of the Long March carrier rockets.

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