China launches new twin BeiDou navigation satellites
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Updated: 2018-08-25 17:37
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XICHANG -- China on Saturday successfully sent twin BeiDou navigation satellites into space on a single carrier rocket.
The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province at 7:52 am.
It was the 283rd mission of the Long March rocket series, said a source of the launch center.
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