Satellite launch completes network
By Xin Dingding | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-27 08:04
A Tianlian I-03 satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province on Wednesday night, completing the country's first data relay satellite network.
The network will be crucial to the manned space program, which aims to build a space station around 2020, experts said.
The satellite was launched on a Long March 3C rocket at 11:43 pm, according to the center.
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