China to launch 90 Argentine satellites

China will use its Long March 6 carrier rocket for several launches to place 90 satellites into orbit for an Argentine company, a landmark achievement for China in the international space market, according to the project contractor.

China Great Wall Industry Corp, the international arm of State-owned space conglomerate China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, announced on Wednesday that it recently signed a multiple launch services agreement with Satellogic, a private Argentine company specializing in Earth-observation satellites.

According to the contract, Great Wall will use multiple Long March 6 missions to deploy 90 of Satellogic's small, remote-sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province. The Chinese firm is planning the first launch this year to deliver 13 Satellogic satellites to low-Earth orbit, it said in a statement.