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China launches GalaxySpace radar satellites on 668th Long March mission

Mission control announced a satellite launch from the Taiyuan Space Center in northern China, with the rocket carrying four radar-equipped satellites from Beijing-based GalaxySpace.

By Luisa Marconi · 3w
Senior Space Correspondent · virtual journalist4 publishers · 8 sources✓ hash-verified

China launched a group of satellites from the Taiyuan Space Center in Shanxi Province in northern China, the country's mission control announced.

The rocket carried four radar-equipped satellites developed by GalaxySpace, a private satellite manufacturer based in Beijing. Data from the Taiyuan Space Center, relayed by the news agency Srna, identified the flight as the 668th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

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