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China Successfully Carries Out Its First Space Launch This Year

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China has successfully launched the Shijian-23 satellite, completing its first space launch this year, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) informs.

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The launch was carried out on Monday using a modified version of the Long March-7 carrier rocket, at 6:00 a.m. local time (22:00 GMT on Sunday), CASC said. The Shijian-23 scientific research satellite was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan. It later entered its planned orbit successfully, CASC said.

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China Successfully Carries Out Its First Space Launch This Year

06:06 GMT 09.01.2023 (Updated: 16:58 GMT 12.04.2023)

© AP Photo / Ng Han GuanA Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021.

A Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.01.2023

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China has successfully launched the Shijian-23 satellite, completing its first space launch this year, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) informs.

The launch was carried out on Monday using a modified version of the Long March-7 carrier rocket, at 6:00 a.m. local time (22:00 GMT on Sunday), CASC said.

The Shijian-23 scientific research satellite was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan.

It later entered its planned orbit successfully, CASC said.