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A Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the Tianping-3 blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
China on Tuesday sent a new satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
The satellite, Tianping-3, was launched at 8:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) using a Long March-6 carrier rocket, and has successfully entered its preset orbit.
It will provide services such as atmospheric space environment surveys and orbital prediction model corrections.
A Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the Tianping-3 blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 22, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
