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China Daily | Updated: 2015-07-20 07:53
Item from July 20, 1998, in China Daily: A Long March 3B rocket carries a French-made telecommunications satellite into orbit from Xichang, Sichuan province, on Saturday ... China has successfully conducted 11 of such launches since August 1996.
China has been gearing up its exploration of commercial opportunities to boost its share of the international satellite launch market.
As of 2013, China Great Wall Industry Corp, the country's sole commercial provider of global satellite launch services and in-orbit delivery, had launched 45 satellites for 20 countries and regions.
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