China launches two satellites
Updated: 2012-10-14 14:30
(Xinhua)
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TAIYUAN - China successfully launched two satellites, Practice-9 A/B, into space at 11:25 am Beijing Time Sunday, the launch center said.
The satellites, launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province, were boosted by a Long March-2C carrier rocket and sent to the predetermined orbit.
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The Long March 2C carrier rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, Oct 14, 2012. Satellite A and Satellite B, which form Shijian (practice)-9 satellites, successfully entered preset orbits on Sunday morning. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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The Long March 2C carrier rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, Oct 14, 2012. Satellite A and Satellite B, which form Shijian (practice)-9 satellites, successfully entered preset orbits on Sunday morning. [Photo/Xinhua] |
