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China launches experimental orbiter into space

Beijing , Fri, 29 Jul 2011 ANI

Beijing, July 29 (ANI): China launched an experimental orbiter into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu province on Friday.

 

The China Daily quoted the launch center as saying that the SJ-11-02 orbiter was sent into space at 3:42 pm (local time) by a Long March II-C carrier rocket. The orbiter belongs to the country's Shijian satellite family.

 

The orbiter, developed by China Space Co, Ltd. under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, will reportedly be used to conduct scientific experiments in space.

 

The launch marked the 142nd flight for the Long March rocket family. (ANI)

 



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