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China Successfully Carries Out Its First Space Launch This Year

06:06 GMT, 9 January 2023
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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.
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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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