China on Tuesday sent a new satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The satellite, Tianping-3, was launched at 8:10 am (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.
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