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China launches 5 experiment satellites

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 2 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

China launches 5 experiment satellites

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a group of five experiment satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 12, 2024. The five satellites were launched at 3:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and have entered the planned orbit. The launch was the 551st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

China on Thursday sent a group of five experiment satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

The five satellites were launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 3:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) and have entered the planned orbit.

The launch was the 551st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. ■

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a group of five experiment satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 12, 2024. The five satellites were launched at 3:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and have entered the planned orbit.

The launch was the 551st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a group of five experiment satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 12, 2024. The five satellites were launched at 3:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and have entered the planned orbit.

The launch was the 551st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a group of five experiment satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 12, 2024. The five satellites were launched at 3:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and have entered the planned orbit.

The launch was the 551st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20241212/9465583159ad451291bf58558388fee4/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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