China Launches Carrier Rocket with Three Satellites Onboard

China launched on Sunday the Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket with three satellites onboard.

The rocket blasted off from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in northwest China and successfully sent the three satellites into the planned orbit, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Xinhua noted that the satellites are Pakistan remote-sensing satellite (PRSS-2), AIRSAT 03 and 04 satellites.

China launched on Friday a new group of satellites into the space from Taiwan Satellite Launch Center" in Shanxi Province, northern China.

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